RU200663U1 - DEVICE FOR A SYRINGE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN WITH CONTRACTED BREAST MILK - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of medicine, namely to auxiliary medical devices for use in the clinical practice of a neonatologist, a breastfeeding consultant and a pediatric nurse. It can be used to supplement expressed milk for children who cannot or for some reason cannot suck directly from the breast and in some other cases. The technical result is: - the ability to keep milk in the syringe during expression in the absence of a piston; - to exclude drainage of milk while carrying the syringe; - allows you to completely preserve milk in the syringe during forced interruptions in feeding. The indicated technical result is achieved due to the fact that a device for feeding through a syringe of newborn infants with expressed breast milk, made in the form of a body with a through internal channel, is declared, having at the distal end a sleeve made with the possibility of fixing a nozzle with a silicone tube on it, and at the proximal end - a socket for fixing the syringe tip in it, and a rotary valve with a valve is placed between the distal and proximal ends of the housing.

Description

The utility model relates to the field of medicine, namely to auxiliary medical devices for use in the clinical practice of a neonatologist, a breastfeeding consultant and a pediatric nurse. It can be used to supplement expressed milk for children who cannot or for some reason cannot suck directly from the breast and in some other cases.

The benefits of breastfeeding, both for the child and for the woman, have been proven by many scientific studies and today are not subject to discussion. In recent years, the number of women motivated to breastfeed has increased, but there has also been an increase in the number of women who cannot breastfeed for a number of reasons. Today, in the Russian Federation, about 95% of women want to breastfeed, but only slightly more than 40% of children receive breast milk in the first six months of life.

With a lack of milk up to 75% or higher, supplementation is prescribed immediately and at the same time measures are taken to restore lactation.

When breastfeeding is not possible, the best choice is to use expressed breast milk in order to transfer all the benefits of breast milk to the baby.

At the beginning of lactation, manual pumping is best as it is more efficient and can increase milk production.

Feeding expressed milk can also be relevant for women with injuries and cracked nipples, for those who are separated from their children due to their being in critical condition in the intensive care units of newborns, for women after surgical delivery, for children who cannot or for some reason cannot suck directly from the breast and in some other cases.

There are several methods of supplementation, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages. The choice of this or that method depends on many factors.

Bottle feeding with expressed milk is not recommended because the way the baby grips the breast and the bottle is different. With bottle supplements, most babies give up breastfeeding over time, which gradually leads to the end of breastfeeding.

It is recommended to give preference to feeding from alternative sources of supplementation: a syringe or a drinking cup. The drinking cup is less convenient for parents because some of the milk is spilled and does not get to the baby.

The closest analogue is the method of feeding with a syringe with a tube [https://www.babyblog.ru/community/post/happypregn/3238639/1], publ .: 27.10.2015. It prevents milk from flowing out of the mouth thanks to the tube inserted deep into the mouth.

The ways of using such a syringe can be different:

- the child sucks on a syringe through which milk is injected;

- milk flows through the tube at the end of the syringe into the corner of the child's mouth;

- the child sucks the mother's finger with the pad upward, and the milk is injected with a syringe into the corner of the mouth;

- milk enters the corner of the baby's mouth through a syringe with a tube right during breastfeeding.

A technical problem with the known syringe feeding method is that a standard medical syringe is poorly suited for expressing and feeding due to a number of disadvantages:

does not have a plug at the outlet, so the milk that the mother expresses into the syringe flows out of it;

has a short "nose" for feeding and because of this milk is poured out of the baby's mouth;

does not allow you to take breaks in feeding without losing milk from the syringe when the baby is crying, tired or asleep;

the volume of the syringe is not enough for older children, so it takes a lot of time to feed;

there is a danger of getting used to sucking the syringe instead of the breast.

The task of the utility model is to eliminate the indicated technical problems of the prototype.

The technical result is:

the ability to keep milk in the syringe while expressing in the absence of a piston;

exclude milk drainage while carrying the syringe;

allows you to completely preserve milk in the syringe during forced interruptions in feeding.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that the claimed device for supplementary feeding through a syringe of newborn infants with expressed breast milk, made in the form of a body with a through internal channel, having a sleeve at the distal end made with the possibility of fixing a nozzle with a silicone tube on it, and at the proximal end - a socket for fixing the tip of the syringe in it, and between the distal and proximal ends of the body there is a rotary valve with a valve.

Preferably, the rotary valve is in the form of a bore sleeve inserted into the through hole or housing recess passing through the through inner channel.

Preferably, the end of the silicone tube is curved.

On the sleeve of the distal end, a nozzle with a silicone tube can be monolithically fixed. In this case, the end of the silicone tube inserted into the oral cavity of the newborn can be turned and has no sharp edges.

Brief Description of Drawings

Figure 1 shows an example of a possible embodiment of the device (A - view with an open valve, B - a valve closed).

Figure 2 shows the principle of connecting the device with a syringe and a nozzle with a silicone tube.

Fig. 3 shows an example of a removable rotary valve removed from the body of the device (the removed rotary valve is shown from different angles).

Figure 4 shows the principle of pumping into a closed-valve syringe.

Figure 5 shows an example of a possible use of the device during feeding.

In the drawings: 1 - body, 2 - internal through channel, 3 - distal end, 4 - distal end sleeve, 5 - nozzle, 6 - silicone tube, 7 - proximal end, 8 - socket for fixing the syringe tip, 9 - syringe tip ... 10 - syringe, 11 - rotary valve, 12 - valve, 13 - rotary valve sleeve, 14 - hole in the rotary valve sleeve, 15 - through hole in the body, 16 - mammary gland.

Implementation of the utility model

The device for feeding through a syringe of newborns with expressed breast milk is made in the form of a housing 1 with a through internal channel 2 (see Fig. 1).

The distal end 3 of the housing 1 has a sleeve 4 made with the possibility of fixing the nozzle 5 with the silicone tube 6 on it (see Fig. 2). It is better when the end of the silicone tube 6 is made with a curvature, since this allows deeper insertion of the probe cheek into the baby's mouth, preventing milk from flowing out of the mouth. If a nozzle with a silicone tube is monolithically attached to the sleeve of the distal end, then it is desirable that the end of the silicone tube inserted into the oral cavity of the newborn, desirably, be ground and have no sharp edges, which allows for atraumaticity.

The proximal end 7 of the housing 1 has a socket 8 for fixing the tip 9 of the syringe 10 in it.

A rotary valve 11 with a valve 12 is located between the distal 3 and the proximal 7 ends of the housing 1.

The rotary valve 11 allows you to keep the milk in the syringe during pumping in the absence of the plunger and allows you to close the inner channel 2 while carrying the syringe, which in turn prevents the milk from draining while carrying the syringe.

These features of the device of the utility model make it possible to completely preserve milk in the syringe during forced interruptions in feeding.

The rotary valve 11 can be made, for example, in the form of a sleeve 13 with a hole 14 inserted into the through hole and the recess 15 of the body 1 passing through the through inner channel 2 (see Fig. 3). With this design of the rotary valve 11, it can be easily pulled out of the opening 15 of the housing 1, which makes it possible to clean the internal channel 2 of the device according to the claimed utility model after use.

The principle of using the device is as follows.

The sterile nozzle 5 with the silicone tube 6 is removed from the sterile package and connected to the distal end 3 by pushing it onto the sleeve 4. From the proximal end 7, the tip 9 of the syringe 10 is inserted into the socket 8. Then the rotary valve 11 is closed with the valve 12 and into the syringe 10 without a piston, milk is expressed from the mammary gland 16 as shown in FIG. 4.

Then, insert the piston into the syringe 10, open the valve 11 and in the vertical position of the syringe 10 advance the piston to release the air cushion.

Then the device is ready for use.

Next, the tip of the silicone tube 6 is inserted by the cheek into the fetus's mouth and, gently pressing the plunger of the syringe 10, the required amount of milk is fed into the child's mouth as shown in Fig. 5. If necessary, a break in feeding or carrying the syringe 10 rotary valve 11 is closed.

Claims (2)

1. A device for feeding expressed breast milk through a syringe for newborns, made in the form of a body with a through internal channel, having a sleeve at the distal end made with the possibility of fixing a nozzle with a silicone tube on it, and at the proximal end - a socket for fixing the tip in it syringe, and a rotary valve with a valve is located between the distal and proximal ends of the housing. 2. A device for feeding through a syringe according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotary valve is made in the form of a sleeve with an opening inserted into the through hole passing through the through internal channel.

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