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App. No. 14/605,741

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND DISPENSING COLOSTRUM

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App. No.
14/605,741
Abstract

A method of collecting colostrum from a breast of a human and dispensing the colostrum to a newborn may involve: coupling a first end of an adapter with a syringe; positioning a second end of the adapter in contact with or near the breast; manually expressing colostrum from the breast into the second end of the adapter; coupling the second end of the adapter with a breast pump shield; expressing colostrum from the breast, using the breast pump shield and a breast pump system attached to the breast pump shield; retracting a plunger of the syringe to cause the colostrum to move into the syringe from the adapter; detaching the adapter from the first end of the syringe; and dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the syringe.

Claims (9)

1 . A method of collecting colostrum from a breast of a human and dispensing the colostrum to a newborn, the method comprising:

coupling a first end of an adapter with a syringe;

positioning a second end of the adapter in contact with or near the breast;

manually expressing colostrum from the breast into the second end of the adapter;

coupling the second end of the adapter with a breast pump shield;

expressing colostrum from the breast, using the breast pump shield and a breast pump system attached to the breast pump shield;

retracting a plunger of the syringe to cause the colostrum to move into the syringe from the adapter;

detaching the adapter from the first end of the syringe; and

dispensing the colostrum to the newborn from the syringe.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: MATERNAL LIFE, LLC
To: LANSINOH LABORATORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 046428/0691 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2015
From: SHERMAN, JULES P.; BARTLETT II, RUSH L.; VAN WERT, RYAN J.F.
To: MATERNAL LIFE, LLC
Reel/Frame 034922/0397 →