Patent ID: 6652484
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A breast pump assembly, comprising:a breast hood assembly including a breast-shield; an otherwise manually operable piston pump having a piston cylinder with a chamber formed therein; a hand-drivable piston received for reciprocating movement within said chamber to generate, in use, a periodic suction within said breast hood assembly for the expression of mother's milk, said piston cylinder having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end having means for connecting said forward end directly to said breast-hood assembly including said breast-shield, said piston pump when operated in a first mode is directly connected to said breast-hood assembly generating said periodic suction in said breast-hood through movement of said piston in said piston cylinder, said piston having a piston rod connected thereto which has means thereon for grasping said piston rod to drive said piston, which piston rod extends out of said rearward end of said piston cylinder; a base having a first mount releasably holding one of said piston cylinder forward end and said piston rod when said foot driven breast pump assembly is operated in a second mode; and a foot pedal hingeably attached to said base having a second mount releasably holding the other of said piston cylinder forward end and said piston rod when said foot driven breast pump assembly is operated in said second mode, said foot pedal being pivotable relative to said base to reciprocate said piston within said piston cylinder to generate said periodic suction with said piston pump received on said pedal and said base via said first and second mounts when operated by foot in said second mode of operation.