Device and method for collecting and dispensing colostrum
AssigneeMaternal Life, LLC
InventorsJules P. Sherman, Rush Lloyd Bartlett, II, Ryan J. F. Van Wert
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Abstract
A method of using a system to collect colostrum from a breast of a human and using at least part of the system to dispense the colostrum to an newborn involves: coupling an interface member with a suction member to form at least part of the system; positioning the interface member in contact with or near the breast; expressing colostrum from the breast, into the interface member; applying suction force to the interface member, using the suction member, to draw the colostrum into the suction member; detaching the interface member from the suction member; and dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the suction member.
Claims13
A method of using a system to collect colostrum from a breast of a human and using at least part of the system to dispense the colostrum to a newborn, the method comprising:
- coupling together an interface member, an adapter and a syringe, all of which are part of the system, by threading at least one thread on an outer surface of a first end of the adapter into at least one complementary thread on the syringe, and coupling a second end of the adapter with the interface member to form at least part of the system;
- positioning the interface member in contact with or near the breast;
- expressing colostrum from the breast, into the interface member;
- applying suction force to the interface member, using the syringe, to draw the colostrum into the syringe;
- detaching the interface member from the syringe;
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- dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the syringe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.