Method for yielding maximum expression in breastpumping
AssigneeMedela Holding AG
InventorDonna Geddes
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Abstract
A method of yielding maximum expression in a breastpump provides a pumping cycle that maintains a minimum level of vacuum within a breast shield chamber (baseline vacuum) throughout at least some, if not all, of a pumping session, while operating the breastpump in a milk expression mode with a sequence having a frequency in the range of about 80 to about 100 cycles per minute.
Claims4
An improved method for operating a breastpump for the expression of mother's milk, wherein the improvement comprises operating a breastpump assembly during at least some of a pumping session and with a baseline vacuum, while using an expression sequence having a conventional maximum negative pressure at a frequency in the range of about 80 to about 100 cycles per minute, to thereby achieve maximum expression.
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