Patent ID: 8052634

Claim:
A breast shield for use with a breastpump for expressing breastmilk, the breast shield comprising: a breast shield funnel for application to a mother's breast; a first coupling part for connection to the breastpump; and a second coupling part for connection to a milk collection container; the breast shield having an electrical resistance heating element for warming the breast shield, wherein the electrical resistance heating element is made of an electrically conductive plastic material and the breast shield is produced in a two-component or multi-component injection-molding operation, thereby connecting the resistance heating element unreleasably to a rest of said breast shield; wherein the electrically conductive plastic material comprises a plastic base material and an electrically conductive fibrous or powdery additive; and wherein the breast shield funnel has a rigid area and a soft area, and in which the electrical resistance heating element is arranged in the soft area.