Novel warming and massaging bra for improved breast milk expression

项目总结 母乳是一种无与伦比的生物活性来源，具有营养、免疫和神经发育方面的好处。 对于随着婴儿成长而进化的婴儿，以满足他们独特的健康和营养需求。因此，乳房 牛奶被认为是婴儿喂养的临床黄金标准，美国儿科学会 (AAP)和世界卫生组织(WHO)建议通过6个月的纯母乳喂养 年龄。纯母乳喂养的定义是，除了母乳，不提供其他食物或饮料，这可以是 通过哺乳婴儿，奶瓶喂养母乳，或两者的组合来实现。在某些时候 在这一点上，85%的哺乳母亲将使用吸乳器(相当于每年256万新母亲)， 并将有很高比例的药物继续常规使用。电动吸奶器的一个主要局限性是它独特地 使用吸力从乳房中取出乳汁。这可能会导致只取出离乳头最近的牛奶。一个 另一方面，婴儿使用吸力、口腔的温暖和运动的组合。 他们的下巴和手靠在乳房上，有效而完全地从乳房中取出乳汁。因此， 吸奶器缺少有效提取母乳所需的三个关键要素中的两个。 Momease Solutions在社交媒体上发布了一项客户发现调查，收到了1200多名 24小时内回复。惊人的97%的应答者报告说，在使用吸乳器时遇到了挑战， 最大的挑战包括长时间、不舒服和低产量的抽水过程。单独、手动升温 或者在吸奶时按摩乳房，可以使产奶量分别增加42%和48%， 分别进行了分析。到目前为止，还没有任何配件可以给乳房带来温暖和正压按摩。 以免提方式体验泵送。为了解决这一未得到满足的需求，莫梅斯将寻求概念验证 通过以下阶段第一阶段目标-目标1.设计和开发他们的暖和和按摩胸罩的数据 新型免提暖和按摩文胸，目标2：测试文胸的暖和和按摩功能 目标3：进行可用性研究，以评估直观的可操作性和接受性。最终，这是第一个- 向商业化迈进一步，这项技术可能会对人类健康和经济产生重大影响 数以百万计的母亲和婴儿寻求母乳喂养，直到6个月大或更大。

PROJECT SUMMARY Breast milk is an unmatched bioactive source of nutritional, immunological, and neurodevelopmental benefits for infants that evolves as an infant grows to meet their unique health and nutritional needs. As such, breast milk is considered the clinical gold standard for infant feeding, and both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend exclusive breastfeeding through 6 months of age. Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as giving no other food or drink than breast milk, which can be achieved by nursing infants at the breast, bottle feeding breast milk, or a combination of the two. At some point, 85% of breastfeeding mothers will use a breast pump (equating to 2.56 million new mothers every year), and a high proportion will continue regular use. A major limitation of the electric breast pump is that it singularly uses suction power to remove milk from a breast. This can result in only removing milk closest to the nipple. An infant, on the other hand, uses a combination of suction, the warmth of their mouths, and the movement of their jaw and hands against the breast to efficiently and completely remove milk from the breast. Therefore, breast pumps are missing two of the three key elements necessary for effective breast milk extraction. Momease Solutions released a customer discovery survey on social media and received over 1200 individual responses in 24 hours. A staggering 97% of responders reported challenges while using a breast pump, with top challenges including long, uncomfortable, and low-yield pumping sessions. Individually, manually warming or massaging the breasts while pumping has been shown to increase milk output by 42% and 48%, respectively. To date, no accessory exists that introduces warmth and positive pressure massage to the breast pump experience in a hands-free manner. To address this unmet need, Momease will seek proof-of-concept data for their warming and massaging bra through the following Phase I Aims—Aim 1. Design and develop novel hands-free warming and massaging bra, Aim 2: Test the bra for warming and massaging functionality, and Aim 3: Perform usability study to evaluate intuitive operability and acceptance. Ultimately, this is the first- step toward commercializing a technology that could make a substantial health and economic impact on the millions of mothers and infants who seek to breastfeed through 6 months of age and beyond.