Patent ID: 8568350
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A breast shield for use in a device for expressing human breast milk, wherein the breast shield has a tubular connector and a funnel that is integrally formed thereon for resting on a mother's breast, wherein the funnel widens with a first opening angle toward a free side thereof which faces away from the connector, and wherein there is a passage for the expressed breast milk, the passage extending continuously from a breast-side end of the funnel as far as a pump-side end, being opposite said breast-side end, of the connector and serving to apply a vacuum to the mother's breast, wherein the funnel is more flexible than the connector, wherein the funnel has a length and wherein the funnel has a main region extending over a substantial part of said length with the first opening angle of the passage, and a breast-side end region with a second opening angle of the passage, wherein, when the breast shield is not in use, the first opening angle is smaller than the second opening angle, and wherein, when the breast shield is in use, at least the first opening angle can be enlarged by axial pressure on the breast shield.