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US 7,682,334 B2Granted
Breast cover insert
AssigneeMedela Holding AG
InventorsAndy Greter, Brian Silver
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Abstract
The invention relates to a breast cover insert comprising a truncated conical frame (1), which is provided as a double wall (1, 6) while forming a closed space (7), whereby at least the inner wall (6) can be elastically deformed, and the space (7) contains a preferably elastically deformable medium.
Claims6
A breast cover insert for a breastpump, the breast cover comprising:
- a frame, the frame having a substantially truncated cone shape with a large rear opening and a small front opening which is adapted to abut the areola of a female breast;
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- the frame having a frame wall;
- wherein the frame wall is designed as a double wall with an inner wall and an outer wall;
- the inner wall extending continuously from the small front opening to the large rear opening and curving around the large rear opening so as to form an annular lip having an annular channel that faces the outer wall, the lip adapted to attach to the breastpump;
- wherein at least the inner wall is elastically deformable;
- wherein the double wall forms a closed chamber;
- wherein the closed chamber is filled with a filling medium which is deformable;
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- wherein said insert is sized and shaped to be removably received by the breastpump so as to contact a female breast when so received.
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