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US 11,759,652 B2Granted
Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast
AssigneeCarag AG
InventorsPeter Hartmann, Michael Larsson, Kuno Limacher, Jerome Bernhard, Lukas Christen, Simona Wiedmer, Daniel Napoletano
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Abstract
A portable device for the decontamination of a breast. The aim of the device is to reduce the risk of mastitis, even when the patient has a medicament incompatibility. For this purpose, the invention includes a decontamination unit which decontaminates the breast at least by means of a physical method.
Claims17
Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast comprising:
- a widened portion oriented to face said breast so as to be able to be slipped over said breast;
- a cylindrical tube extending from a side of said widened portion facing away from said breast;
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- a decontamination unit which decontaminates said breast at least by way of a physical method;
- wherein said decontamination unit comprises a housing in which one or more excitation radiation sources are provided, said housing being a separate element detachably mountable on said apparatus, said housing being securable by being snapped onto said apparatus for decontamination of said breast, at a section of said widened portion and at a section of said cylindrical tube;
- wherein said housing is a collar having a C-shaped cross-section open on one side along its longitudinal section to enable being snapped onto said apparatus.
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Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast comprising:
- a decontamination unit which decontaminates said breast at least by way of a physical method and ultraviolet radiation;
- wherein said decontamination unit is provided in a pad or a cushion made of a material which is deformable, which can be inserted as a separate element into a brassiere, wherein the pad or cushion is configured such that it is formed in an initial state in which it is not inserted into the brassiere as a flat structure, when the pad or cushion is inserted into the brassiere it is formed into a contoured structure, and wherein said pad or said cushion is provided with a tube barb via which a pump can be connected for expressing milk from said breast.
Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast, comprising:
- a widened portion oriented to face said breast so as to be able to be slipped over said breast;
- a cylindrical tube extending from a side of said widened portion facing away from said breast;
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- a decontamination unit which decontaminates said breast at least by way of a physical method;
- wherein said decontamination unit comprises a housing in which one or more excitation radiation sources are provided, said housing being a separate element detachably mountable on said apparatus, said housing being inserted into said widened portion and/or at a section of said cylindrical tube, and is operable by way of an induction element placed on the outside of said widened portion and/or said cylindrical tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.