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US 12,605,491 B2Granted
Breastmilk collection
AssigneeLansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsSelim Tekin, Ersoy Onur Solakoğlu
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Abstract
A wearable breastmilk collection device can include: a collection receptacle; a flange chamber, wherein the flange chamber and collection receptacle comprise a hinge assembly configured to pivot the flange chamber and collection receptacle to a closed position; at least one snap configured to secure the flange chamber and collection receptacle together in the closed position; and a diaphragm disposed between the flange chamber and the collection receptacle.
Claims13
A wearable breastmilk collection device comprising:
- a collection receptacle;
- a flange chamber, wherein the flange chamber and the collection receptacle comprise a hinge assembly configured to pivot the flange chamber and the collection receptacle to a closed position to form a storage compartment for receiving breastmilk defined by the flange chamber and the collection receptacle;
- at least one snap configured to secure the flange chamber and the collection receptacle together in the closed position;
- and
- a diaphragm disposed between the flange chamber and the collection receptacle wherein in the closed position the diaphragm acts as a one-way valve between the flange chamber and the storage compartment.
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A method of assembling a breastmilk collection device, the method comprising:
- placing a diaphragm on a flange receiver of a flange chamber;
- inserting a hinge protrusion into a hinge receptacle;
- pivoting the flange chamber and a collection receptacle around the hinge protrusion and the hinge receptacle to a closed position to form a storage compartment for receiving breastmilk defined by the flange chamber and the collection receptacle;
- and
- engaging at least one snap to retain the flange chamber and the collection receptacle in the closed position wherein in the closed position the diaphragm acts as a one-way valve between the flange chamber and the storage compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.