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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Raymond G. Bryan, Reno, NV (US);
Patricia S. Ruby, Truckee, CA (US);
Megan E. Oehlert, Reno, NV (US);
Jimi Francis, Sparks, NV (US);
Inventors:
Raymond G. Bryan, Reno, NV (US);
Patricia S. Ruby, Truckee, CA (US);
Megan E. Oehlert, Reno, NV (US);
Jimi Francis, Sparks, NV (US);
Assignee:
Simplisse, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A breast pump has at least one collection assembly for engaging at least a portion of a breast surrounding a nipple and a vacuum pump for applying a vacuum to the collection assembly and thereby to at least the nipple of the breast. A controller is operable to cyclically operate the vacuum pump between a maximum vacuum pressure in the range of about 70 mm Hg to about 150 mm Hg and a latching pressure of about 30 mm Hg.