Freeze-drying, storing, rehydrating and feeding using breast milk
OwnerMadeline Owensinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for performing freeze drying of small quantities of a liquid for personal use, wherein a liquid material is disposed within a single-use container, the container is then coupled to a small-scale freeze-drying unit which extracts liquid from the material in the container using a freeze-drying process, and the freeze-dried material is then left in the container and the container is stored until rehydration. The container may be a specialized single-use container that may be used to rehydrate the liquid and then fitted with a delivery device to feed an infant or child.
Claims8
A container system for freeze-drying, rehydrating and delivering a liquid material for feeding, said container system comprised of:
- a single-use and sterile container having a tubular neck with a first circular opening, wherein the neck is threaded;
- a rehydration container having a tubular neck with a first circular opening, wherein the neck is threaded, and wherein the first circular opening of the container has a different diameter than the first circular opening of the rehydration container such that the rehydration container is attached to the container to deliver a rehydrating liquid;
- an accessory adapter having a first threaded end that attaches to the neck of the container, and having a second threaded end that is different in diameter than the first threaded end;
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- a serving accessory having a first threaded end that attaches to the second threaded end of the accessory adapter and having a serving end for delivering the rehydrating liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.