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US 12,150,772 B2Granted
Methods and device for determining efficiency of lactation
AssigneeMymilk Laboratories Ltd.
InventorsRavid Shechter Ushpizin, Sharon Haramati
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Abstract
The invention generally concerns methods and devices for determining inadequate lactation in female subject.
Claims19
A method for determining inadequate lactation in a female subject, the method comprising:
- determining an expression of a physicochemical parameter of one or more breast milk sample(s) obtained from the female subject at one or more time point(s) after delivery,
- determining a milk maturation percent calculated on the physicochemical parameter of the one or more breast milk sample(s), said milk maturation percent reflects the level of milk maturation of the breast milk sample(s) on a scale ranging between early colostrum (0%) and mature milk (100%) of said physicochemical parameter;
- determining whether the female subject is inadequately lactating by comparing the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent of the one or more breast milk sample(s) of said female subject with an expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent of one or more breast milk sample(s) obtained from a control population of adequately lactating subjects at the same one or more time point(s) after delivery;
- wherein when the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent measured for the one or more breast milk sample(s) of said female subject and the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent predetermined for the one or more breast milk sample(s) of the control population at the same time point(s) after delivery are not the same, the female subject has inadequate lactation or is likely to develop inadequate lactation;
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- wherein inadequate lactation comprises reduced lactation efficiency, delayed lactogenesis II (DLII), inadequate lactogenesis III, reduced milk production, and/or breast inflammation.
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A method for determining inadequate lactation in a female subject, the method comprising:
- determining an expression of a physicochemical parameter of multiple breast milk samples obtained from the female subject at multiple time points after delivery,
- determining a milk maturation percent calculated on the physicochemical parameter of the multiple breast milk samples, said milk maturation percent reflects the level of milk maturation of the breast milk samples on a scale ranging between early colostrum (0%) and mature milk (100%);
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- determining whether the female subject is inadequately lactating by comparing a change in the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or a change in the milk maturation percent of the breast milk samples of the female subject with a change in an expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or a change of a milk maturation percent of breast milk samples obtained from a control population of adequately lactating female subjects at the same time points after delivery;
- wherein when the change in the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent measured for the breast milk samples of said female subject and the change in the expression of the physicochemical parameter and/or the milk maturation percent predetermined for the breast milk samples of the control population at the same time points after delivery are not the same, the female subject has inadequate lactation or is likely to develop inadequate lactation;
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- wherein inadequate lactation comprises reduced lactation efficiency, delayed lactogenesis II (DLII), inadequate lactogenesis III, reduced milk production, and/or breast inflammation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.