Breast pump
AssigneePigeon Corporation
InventorsZenichi Onuki, Mitsuo Tashiro
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Abstract
A breast pump includes a milking port which can accommodate a breast, a storage for storing breast milk extracted from the breast, and a milking unit including a tongue section which can press the portion near an areola of the breast, and is configured in such a manner that the peak of the tongue section of the milking unit can be moved continuously in the direction away from the side of the milking port, and the height of the tongue section can be varied by independent movements of a plurality of sections of a deforming device from the side of the milking port to the inner side.
Claims12
A breast pump comprising:
- a milking port which can accommodate a breast;
- a storage for storing breast milk extracted from the breast;
- and
- a milking unit comprising a tongue section which can press a portion near an areola of the breast,
- wherein a peak height of the tongue section of the milking unit is configured to be moved continuously in a direction away from a side of the milking port, and the height of the tongue section is configured to be varied by independent and consecutive movements of a plurality of sections of a deforming device in a peristaltic manner from the side of the milking port to an inner side, wherein the tongue section is a continuous section that contacts the plurality of sections of the deforming device, and the plurality of sections of the deforming device are arranged adjacent to each other and along a same side of the tongue section and are independently driven.
A breast pump comprising:
- a milking port which can accommodate a breast;
- a storage for storing breast milk extracted from the breast;
- a milking unit including a tongue section which can press a portion near an areola of the breast;
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- a deforming device located adjacent the milking unit and including a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being movable with respect to each other,
- wherein a peak height of the tongue section of the milking unit is configured to be moved continuously in a direction away from an outer side of the milking port, and the height of the tongue section is configured to be varied by independent consecutive movements of the plurality of sections of the deforming device, the deforming device sections arranged along a same side extending from the outer side of the milking port to an inner side of the milking port, wherein the tongue section is a continuous section that contacts the plurality of sections of the deforming device, and the plurality of sections of the deforming device are independently driven.
A breast pump comprising:
- a milking port which can accommodate a breast;
- a storage for storing breast milk extracted from the breast;
- a milking unit including a tongue section which can press a portion near an areola of the breast;
- and
- a deforming device located adjacent the milking unit and including a plurality of sections, the plurality of sections being movable with respect to each other,
- wherein a peak height of the tongue section of the milking unit is configured to be moved continuously in a direction away from an outer side of the milking port, and the height of the tongue section is varied by independent consecutive movements of the plurality of sections of the deforming device from the outer side of the milking port to an inner side of the milking port, wherein the milking unit includes a movable lower jaw member provided with the tongue section, and an upper jaw member, the lower jaw member of the milking unit being configured to pivot with respect to the upper jaw member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.