DEVICE FOR REMOVING MILK AND PREVENTING HYPOGALACTIA IN WOMEN Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has outlying head with flexible strap, milk collector, pressure supply source (compression-rarefaction) with system for shaping compression and rarefaction (vacuum) pulses controlling periodicity and amplitude of action applied to nipple and areola region in the lactation sinuses area. The device is usable in individual mode and under hospital conditions. EFFECT: stimulated lactation reflex; prevented mammary gland infection; improved quality of maternal milk; effective nipple shape correction. 1 dwg