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Systems and devices for controlling delivery of breast milk supplementation

  • US 10,016,341 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2015
  • Issued: 07/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A breast milk supplement delivery device comprising:

  • a nipple component sized for placement in an infant'"'"'s mouth, the nipple component having a first end and a second end, the first end of the nipple component including an aperture;

    a guard component attached to the second end of the nipple component and including one or more ventilation apertures defined by the guard component;

    at least one exhaled breath analyte sensor associated with the one or more ventilation apertures defined by the guard component, the at least one exhaled breath analyte sensor positioned to sense at least one analyte in exhaled breath of the infant;

    a supplement reservoir disposed within the nipple component and including a port with a controllable valve, the supplement reservoir adapted to contain one or more breast milk supplements;

    a flow conduit having a first end in fluid communication with the aperture on the first end of the nipple component and a second end in fluid communication with the port of the supplement reservoir disposed within the nipple component;

    a breast milk supplement regimen stored in a data storage component the breast milk supplement regimen personalized based on a nutritional need of the infant and including dosage, timing, and composition of the one or more breast milk supplements; and

    a control unit including a microprocessor and circuitry, the control unit associated with at least one of the nipple component and the guard component and operably coupled to the controllable valve of the supplement reservoir, the at least one exhaled breath analyte sensor, and the data storage component, the circuitry including circuitry configured to receive the breast milk supplement regimen from the data storage component;

    actuation circuitry configured to actuate the controllable valve to modulate release of the one or more breast milk supplements from the supplement reservoir based on the breast milk supplement regimen;

    circuitry configured to receive information from the at least one exhaled breath analyte sensor regarding the sensed at least one analyte in the exhaled breath of the infant; and

    circuitry configured to modify at least one of the dosage, timing, and composition of the breast milk supplement regimen if the received information from the at least one exhaled breath analyte sensor is indicative of a change in the nutritional need of the infant.

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