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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl O Larsson, Schweiz, CH;
Assignee:
ISG/AG, Zug, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H / ; A61H / ; A61M / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 64 ; 604 74 ; 604 75 ; 128 44 ;
Abstract
A method for mechanically stimulating the nipples of a pregnant woman for diagnostic and therapeutic effects. A nipple stimulator device is placed over a woman's nipple, and an intermittent reduced pressure is induced in the interior of the apparatus by a pump. An elastic membrane on the stimulator device is drawn inward by the reduced pressure, and in so doing acts to massage the breast nipple and the adjacent breast. A gentle, soft massage of the nipple is thereby provided to yield the desired stimulation to produce hormones, for example, useful in accelerating labor or conducting contraction stress tests in a pregnant woman.