Quantification and inventory management of expressed human breast milk

摘要

Systems, methods, and devices for milk expression are provided. In one aspect, a system includes an expression apparatus having an interface configured to engage a breast and an actuation assembly operably coupled to the interface. Actuation of the actuation assembly causes the interface to apply vacuum pressure against the breast to express milk from the breast. The system also includes various sensors for quantifying characteristics of the expressed milk, and a unique identifier allows inventory management of the expressed milk.

主权项

1. A system for quantifying expressed milk from a human breast, said system comprising:
a breast milk expression device configured to express milk from the breast; a reservoir fluidly coupled to the breast milk expression device and configured to collect the expressed breast milk; a sensor unit integrated with the reservoir or the breast milk expression device and configured to quantify one or more attributes of the expressed breast milk; and a peripheral device in communication with the sensor unit, wherein the peripheral device is configured to obtain a unique identifier for the expressed breast milk and associate the unique identifier with the one or more attributes of the expressed breast milk.