Patent ID: 9333283
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A breast pump comprising a main body, a breast receiving funnel extending from the main body, a nipple receiving chamber formed in the main body to receive a user's nipple, the nipple receiving chamber having an opening to the funnel through which a user's nipple is receivable, an end wall and an encapsulating side wall extending from the opening to the end wall, and a fluid passageway extending from the nipple receiving chamber for receiving milk expressed from a user's nipple characterized in that the fluid passageway connects to a portion of the side wall of the nipple receiving chamber between the opening and the end wall and in that a front edge portion of the fluid passageway extends to a front end of the nipple receiving chamber, wherein said portion of the side wall of the nipple receiving chamber connected to the fluid passageway comprises an aperture that extends substantially the entire length of the side wall.