Breast pump
CA 2510385 C · Owner: Britto, James Joseph · Inventors: Britto, James Joseph
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A portable pumping device for drawing milk from a human breast includes a breast shield adapted to fit over a nipple of a breast and a flow line coupled to the breast shield. The flow line is adapted to allow air to flow there through a pump coupled to the breast shield via the flow line. The pump includes a pump intake and a pump exhaust and is operable to create a pressure drop between the nipple and the pump wherein the pressure drop creates a suction at the breast shield by lowering the pressure of air in the flow line. A blow-back valve is disposed between the flow line and the pump. The blow-back valve has a valve piston disposed in a valve housing The valve housing includes a flow …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 21, 2005 and granted January 29, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 21, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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