Medela Holding Ag

Carag Ag

Medela, Inc.

Medela Ag

Michael N Larsson

Brian H Silver

Andy Greter

Lukas Christen

Richard Scott Weston

Peter Hartmann

Daniel Napoletano

Simona Wiedmer

Hans R Kunzler

Mario Rigert

Erich Pfenniger

Larry D Annis

Kuno Limacher

Simon Furrer

Peter Vischer

Daniel Thomas Thommen

Sebastian Höner

Olle Larsson

J&uuml;rgen Eixler

Sebastian HÖNER

Michael Dettling

Jürgen Eixler

A portable device for the decontamination of a breast. The aim of the device is to reduce the risk of mastitis, even when the patient has a medicament incompatibility. For this purpose, the invention includes a decontamination unit which decontaminates the breast at least by means of a physical method.

Portable apparatus for decontamination of a breast

A method for operating a breastpump unit for expression of human breastmilk and various breast shields for use in this method allow a maximum pumping performance and a minimum pumping duration per pumping session. The breast shield has an inner chamber for receiving a nipple of the breast and also at least one outer chamber which at least partially surrounds the nipple. The inner chamber is subjected to a constant pressure and the at least one outer chamber is subjected to a pulsating pressure.

Breast shield

Shell for a diaphragm pump and membrane for a diaphragm pump

The invention relates to a wound drainage covering for covering, by means of low pressure, a wound that is to be treated. The covering comprises at least two layers that are superimposed. A first layer that is applied on the side of the wound is made of a functional textile material and second layer that is arranged thereon is dimensionally stable and permeable to liquid. The wound drainage covering has a simple design and due to the functional first layer, is effective and ensures, due to the dimensionally stable second layer, an optimal removal of wound secretion.

Wound drainage dressing

A fastening device for fastening an outer container () of a drainage container comprises a snap lock (). Said snap lock () has a slot/slot pin connection (). A leaf spring () having a projecting nose (') is arranged at a lower end of the connection and engages behind a lower edge of the slot () or the slot pin (). The fastening device according to the invention allows the drainage bag to be replaced in a simple and reliable manner. The corresponding drainage container is inexpensive to produce and allows a reliable operation.

Fastening device for a drainage container

The invention relates to a test unit for wound drainage coverings comprising: a base body with at least one cavity; at least one supply line that runs through the base body and which connects an outer side of the base body to the cavity; a surface of the base body that is embodied as a support surface for supporting wound coverings and the wound drainage coverings thereof and several channels that run through the base body, the channels connecting the cavities to the support surface. Low pressure can be produced in the cavity and the channels when the support surface is covered in an air-tight manner. As a result, wound drainage applications are tested in different ways using simple and economical means.

Test unit for wound drainage dressings

A presently preferred embodiment of the invention includes a breast shield for use on a human breast including a breast-receiving portion, which is sized and shaped to receive a nipple and at least some surrounding breast. One or more sensors are connected to the breast-receiving portion and capable of sensing changes in the breast. Alternate embodiments of this aspect of the present invention include a sensor being one or more, for example, of an optical sensor, an electrode, a thermal sensor and an acoustic sensor. The optical sensor may be adapted to detect changes in light reflected from the breast. The electrode may be a pair of electrode parts, a first of which is used to apply an output voltage to the breast and a second of which is used to receive current conducted from the first of the pair of electrode parts. The acoustic sensor may be adapted to detect changes in breast tissue.

Breast shield with sensor

A wound cover connecting device for the sealing connection of a drainage tube and a wound cover covering a wound has a base body for the sealing contact on an outside of the cover. According to the invention, the device comprises at least one penetration element for producing a through-passage in the cover. The device enables a simple, fast, and tight connection between the cover and the tube. In addition, it enables a treatment of the wound that is as uniform and has as large a surface as possible.

Wound cover connecting device

An apparatus for removing body fluids from a body cavity by suction, such as a thorax, gastric or any other human body cavity or a wound, comprises means () to increase the pressure difference between a pressure in a drainage lumen () and a pressure in the atmosphere when an auxiliary lumen () is open. The apparatus enables removal of clots or other plugs of the catheter and drainage tube in an efficient and not patient disturbing way.

Drainage apparatus and method

A disposal device for collecting bags for bodily fluids has a receptacle for receiving at least one collecting bag containing bodily fluid, a comminution unit () for comminuting the collecting bag, a fluid collecting basin () for receiving the bodily fluid, a particle collecting container () for receiving the comminuted collecting bag, and at least one decontamination unit () for the decontamination of the collecting bag and the bodily fluid.

Disposal device and method of disposal for body fluid collecting bags

Breastpumps and methods for use in extracting breastmilk, which can be used to generate, among other things, both a letdown or stimulation phase and a milk expression phase, are disclosed.

Breastpump with letdown feature

Breastpump with stimulation and method

A breast cup () for use with a breast pump () for pumping off breast milk comprises a breast-cup funnel () for application to a breast, a first coupling part () for connection to the breast pump (), and a second coupling part () for connection to a milk collection vessel (). The breast cup () has an electrical resistance heating element () that warms it and that is made of an electrically conductive plastic material.

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Michael N Larsson