A breast shield for a breast pump
OwnerThomas Michael MALLOY, Jeremy William CROUCHinventors
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Abstract
There is provided a breast shield for a breast pump, comprising a flexible diaphragm comprising a nipple tunnel for 2024/047203 receiving a user's nipple. The breast shield is configured to form a seal with a user's breast and is configured such that when an internal negative pressure is applied to internal walls of the nipple tunnel, the nipple tunnel contracts to a minimum aperture which conforms to the shape of the user's nipple. The nipple tunnel comprises a plurality of expandable lobes wherein each expandable lobe extends radially from a respective offset point from a central longitudinal axis of the breast shield. WO
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A breast shield for a breast pump, comprising:
- a flexible diaphragm comprising a nipple tunnel for receiving a user's nipple;
- wherein the breast shield is configured to form a seal with a user's breast and is configured such that:
- when an internal negative pressure is applied to internal walls of the nipple tunnel, the nipple tunnel contracts to a minimum aperture which conforms to the shape of the user's nipple, wherein the nipple tunnel comprises a plurality of expandable lobes wherein each expandable lobe extends radially from a respective offset point from a central longitudinal axis of the breast shield.
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A breast pump comprising:
- a pumping system;
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- the breast shield of any preceding claim,
- wherein the pumping system is configured to apply an internal negative pressure to the internal walls of the nipple tunnel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.