|HAI LUI AUN NOUUS010016341B2 CAN DAN ALAT MULIA MAN (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 016 ,341 B2 Chin et al. (45 ) Date of Patent: Jul 10 , 2018 ( 54 ) SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR 17 /006 ; A61J 17 /001 ; A61J 7 /0015 ; A61J CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF BREAST 7 / 0076 ; A61J 11 / 0005 ; A61J 15 /0011 ; A61J 2200 /70 ; G06F 19 / 3406 MILK SUPPLEMENTATION See application file for complete search history . (71 ) Applicant: Elwha LLC , Bellevue , WA (US ) (56 ) References Cited (72 ) Inventors : Hon Wah Chin , Palo Alto , CA (US ); Roderick A . Hyde , Redmond , WA U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS (US ) ; Elizabeth A . Sweeney , Seattle , 4 ,384 , 288 A 5 / 1983 Walton WA (US ) ; Lowell L . Wood , Jr. , 4 ,687 ,466 A 8 / 1987 Larsson Bellevue , WA (US ) (Continued ) ( 73 ) Assignee : Elwha LLC , Bellevue, WA (US ) OTHER PUBLICATIONS ( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this “ 8mm Diaphragm Isolation ” ; ASCO ; accessed on Feb . 24 , 2015 , pp . patent is extended or adjusted under 35 1 - 2 . U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 345 days . (Continued ) ( 21) Appl. No .: 14 /673 ,456 Primary Examiner — Bradley J Osinski ( 22 ) Filed : Mar. 30 , 2015 Assistant Examiner — Nilay Shah (57 ) ABSTRACT (65 ) Prior Publication Data Systems and devices for controlling delivery of a breast milk US 2016 / 0287481 A1 Oct. 6 , 2016 supplement are described which include a nipple component including aperture ; a guard component attached to the nipple (51 ) Int. Ci. component; a supplement reservoir including a port with a A61J 9 / 00 ( 2006 .01 ) controllable valve , the supplement reservoir adapted to A61 ) 7700 ( 2006 .01 ) contain one or more breast milk supplements , a flow conduit disposed within at least a portion of the nipple component (Continued ) and having a first end in fluid communication with the ( 52 ) U .S . CI. aperture and a second end in fluid communication with the ??? . .. .. .. A61J 9 /00 ( 2013 .01 ) ; A61J 770015 port; a data storage component including a breast milk ( 2013 .01 ) ; A61J 770076 (2013 . 01 ) ; A61J supplement regimen ; and a control unit operably coupled to 13 /00 (2013 . 01 ) ; A61 ) 17 / 006 ( 2015 .05 ) ; the controllable valve and the data storage component and G06F 19 /3456 (2013 .01 ) ; G16H 40 /63 including a microprocessor and circuitry , the circuitry ( 2018 .01 ) ; A61B 10 / 0051 ( 2013 . 01 ) ; A61J including actuation circuitry configured to actuate the con 11 /0005 (2013 .01 ) ; trollable valve to module release of the one or more breast (Continued ) milk supplements based on the breast milk supplement ( 58 ) Field of Classification Search regimen . CPC .. .. A61M 1 / 06 – 1 /068 ; A61M 1 / 007; A61M 2210 / 1007 ; A61J 13 / 00 ; A61J 9 /00 ; A61J 35 Claims, 33 Drawing Sheets 2020 - 2014 - 2080 2000 2010 2034 2032 2016 2012 2050 2040 2030 2060 US 10 ,016 , 341 B2 Page 2 (51 ) Int . Cl. 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