Patent ID: 8273057
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for breastpumping in a single breastpumping mode or a double breastpumping mode, comprising: a source of intermittent vacuum; a first breast shield; a second breast shield; and a connector including a connector body having four spaced ports, a first tube extending from a first of said four ports with a first tube end adapted to connect to said source of intermittent vacuum, a second tube extending from a second of said four ports with a second tube end adapted to connect to one of said first and second breast shields, a third tube extending from a third of said four ports with a third tube end adapted to connect to the other of said first and second breast shields, a passageway formed in a central body of said connector, said passageway fluidly connecting said first, second and third tubes, and a fourth of said four ports adapted to receive one of said second and third tube ends and functioning to substantially seal said received tube end.