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App. No. 13/090,929

Breastpump with Letdown Feature

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App. No.
13/090,929
Abstract

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.

Claims (8)

1 . A breastpump comprising:

a breastshield having a portion within which at least part of a woman's breast is received;

a source of pressure in communication with said breastshield; and

a mechanism operating said pressure according to a first pre-set milk letdown sequence, followed by a pre-set milk expression sequence, wherein said milk expression sequence operates in a mode of fewer cycles per minute than said milk letdown sequence.

2 . A method for breastpumping comprising:

providing a breastshield having a portion within which at least a part of a woman's breast is received for the expression of milk;

providing a source of pressure that is in communication with the breastshield; and

operating said source of pressure according to a first letdown sequence and then operating said source of pressure according to a second expression sequence, wherein said expression sequence comprises fewer cycles per minute than said letdown sequence.