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Pumping breast milk

  • US 6,749,582 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2002
  • Issued: 06/15/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A manual breast pump, comprising:

  • a suction bell defining an internal suction chamber;

    a breast shield extending from the suction bell and defining a receptacle for receiving a human breast, the receptacle being in hydraulic communication with the suction chamber; and

    a manually operable lever secured to the suction bell for cyclical motion with respect thereto to generate a cyclical vacuum within the suction chamber;

    wherein the lever is repositionable to multiple orientations with respect to the suction bell, and cyclically operable in each of the orientations to generate suction chamber vacuum.

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