128 results about "Breast feed" patented technology

This invention relates generally to a bra or tank that has three layers on the chest that allow the wearer to comfortably breast feed or pump milk hands-free. Specifically, the tank or bra has three detachable layers over the breast where the outer layer is a solid layer, the inner layer has two openings over the nipple that are equipped to receive the funnels of a breast pumping apparatus and hold them to the breast without the wearer holding them, and an inner layer that has a large opening for the breast so that the wearer may breast feed an infant.

The invention relates to a method for producing triglyceride type docosahexenoic acid fat by industrially fermenting schizochytrium. The method comprises the following step: the docosahexenoic acid fat is prepared by fermenting the schizochytrium taken as the strain with the a culture medium with microelements; wherein the culture medium with the microelements comprises a carbon source, a nitrogen source, inorganic salt and microelements, and the microelements comprise at least one of biotin, chlorophyll, beta-carotene, vitaminB1, vitaminB6 and vitaminB12. The prepared docosahexenoic acid fat does not need to be further chemically modified and can be directly used by people needing DHA, including infants, pregnant women, breast feeding women or patients who suffer from diseases due to insufficient DHA and need to supplement DHA. The invention has the advantages of high DHA content, high purity, safe and reliable quality, low production cost, stable production and almost no EPA; and the environmental-friendly, safe and high-content triglyceride type DHA fat can be produced with low cost at a large scale.

The invention discloses a formula milk powder for promoting the absorption of fatty acid and calcium and a preparation method thereof. Raw cow milk, lactose, 1,3-Dioleoyl 2-palmitoyl triglyceride and demineralized whey powder as main materials are added with concentrated whey albumen powder, Alpha-lactalbumin powder, oligosaccharide, walnut oil, casein phosphopeptide, docosahexaenoic acid, arachidonic acid, nucleotide, lutein, inositol, carnitine and the like as well as vitamins, mineral substances and other nutrients needed for strengthening infants, and fat humanization, protein humanization and carbohydrate humanization are realized. The powdery product is produced by the processes of blending, homogenization, concentration, spray-drying, packaging and the like. According to the physiological characteristics and nutritional demand of the infants, the invention reinforces the calcium, the 1,3-Dioleoyl 2-palmitoyl triglyceride, other nutrient ingredients and the like, and aiming at the oversea clinical test conclusion of the 1,3-Dioleoyl 2-palmitoyl triglyceride, the final test conclusion of comparison with breast milk and infant formula milk powder sold on the market in the process of a clinical feeding test is that the feeding result of the designed formula approximates the feeding result of the breast milk and is better than the feeding result of an infant formula milk powder group sold on the market.

A tank top nursing bra for a nursing mother which provides breast support and which also allows the nursing mother to easily and discretely breast feed her baby wherein the tank top can be worn in public without the need to be covered. The tank top nursing bra includes an inner frame for securing the tank top on the nursing mother and for properly positioning the tank top relative to the breasts of the nursing mother. The inner frame includes an elastic waist or chest band which extends about the torso of the mother and below the breasts of the mother. The elastic band having a front portion and a rear portion. The inner frame further including a front sling having a pair of openings for allowing access to the woman's breasts for nursing. The sling extending from the elastic band to a set of shoulder straps which support the inner frame on the shoulders of the woman. The shoulder straps having back edges which are joined either directly or indirectly to the elastic band. The tank top nursing bra further including at least one breast supporting inner nursing flap having a bottom edge joined to the elastic waistband and a top edge which is selectively interengageable with the inner support structure. The tank top nursing bra further including an outer tank top having a front and back portion. The front portion of the tank top being attached to the at least one nursing flap and the back portion being attached to the inner frame.

The present invention provides food bars for consumption by pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant containing one or more vitamins and / or minerals, DHA, one or more DHA taste-masking agents and, optionally, one or more anti-constipation and regularity-maintaining agents, methods for preparing these food bars, and methods for supplementing the dietary requirements of pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant. The food bars of the invention generally comprise one or more vitamins and minerals recommended for consumption by pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant in an amount that is effective for enhancing the nutrition of pregnant women, lactating women or women of childbearing potential that are attempting to become pregnant, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies, including calcium in an amount above 1,000 mg, DHA in an amount that is effective for providing, or increasing the supply of, DHA to a developing fetus or baby through a placenta or breast milk, one or more DHA taste-masking agents in an amount that is effective for masking the taste of DHA, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies and, optionally, one or more anti-constipation and regularity-maintaining agents in an amount that is effective for reducing or eliminating constipation, and that is not harmful to developing fetuses or breast-feeding babies, from about 0 to about 99 weight percent of carbohydrates, from about 0 to about 80 weight percent of proteins, and from about 0 to about 60 weight percent of fats.

The invention discloses a suckling pig creep feed mixed feed which consists of the following raw materials in percentage by mass: national standard level-1 corn, national standard level-1 wheat, extruded full-fat soybean, extruded dehulled soybean meal, concentrated soybean protein, defatted fish meal, high-protein whey powder, edible glucose, high-quality soybean oil, coconut oil, calcium lactate, feed grade calcium hydrophosphate and gunk. The mixed feed is prepared by employing the production process of superfine grinding, mixing, pelletizing, cooling, grading and packaging. According to the suckling pig creep feed mixed feed, the conventional problems of low suckling pig creep feed protein, little suckling pig feed intake, high feed conversion ratio and slow weight increase within 10 days after breast-feed and ablactation are solved, the plasma proteins, intestinal membrane proteins and other protein raw materials homologous with pig organisms which bring danger of porcine virus diseases and the risk of possibly influencing and changing porcine biogenic genes are avoided, the suckling pig feed intake and daily gain are improved, and the feed conversion ratio is reduced.

The invention discloses a Chinese herbal medicament additive for nursing sows and application thereof. The additive comprises burreed tuber, pith, seed of cowherb, szechuan lovage rhizome, dwarf lilyturf tuber, garden burnet root,, agaric, astragalus root, Guangming ginseng, taraxacum, gamene and Chinese angelica. According to the physiological characteristics of the nursing sows and taking into full consideration the Chinese herbal medicament compatibility principles of eighteen incompatible medicaments and nineteen medicaments of mutual antagonism, various pertinent compositions adopt the strong points of each other and cooperate with each another after compatibility; for example, burreed tuber has the functions of removing blood stasis and promoting the circulation of qi and removing stagnation and relieving pain, and szechuan lovage rhizome has the function of treating pregnancy bellyache; therefore, when combined with other compositions, the burreed tuber and szechuan lovage rhizome not only have the effective function of promoting lactation without generating adverse effects on health of postpartum sows after delivery, but also benefit the postpartum recovery of sows and enhance the disease-preventing and disease-resisting abilities of breast-fed piglets without generating any side effect; moreover, about 2 percent dosage of the additive can generate greater effect without damaging the physiological function of the sows, thereby causing no influence on future procreation and lactation.

Described herein are a liquid milk beverage for toddlers comprising non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented and protein-rebalanced cow's milk, processes for making same and methods of uses. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk comprises a reduced weight / weight proportion of casein:whey proteins when compared to untreated cow's milk. The non-hydrolyzed, non-fermented rebalanced cow's milk may further comprises a reduced total protein concentration when compared to untreated cow's milk. The reduced proportion and / or reduced total concentration of proteins facilitate digestion of the liquid milk beverage by infant and toddlers. Also described are methods for providing nutrition to a toddler, methods for facilitating transition from breast feeding and / or artificial formula feeding of a child towards drinking of cow's homogenized milk, and methods for increasing digestion of cow's milk in an individual.

The present invention provides a bra that is preferably formed of seamless construction and that includes structural components that allow for accommodating changes and variations in bust size. In particular, the inventive bra can be used during times of maternity when breast volume is known to increase over a short time. The bra comprises expansible cups with interchangeable, formed support and shape elements that can be placed into pockets formed in the expansible cups. In certain embodiments, the invention also provides a bra for use when breast feeding, the bra comprising a drop-down panel.

The invention relates to the technical field of animal feeds, and in particular relates to a feed for a breast-feeding sheep. The feed comprises the following components in parts by weight: 20 to 30 parts of rice meal, 10 to 15 parts of rice bran, 10 to 20 parts of pumpkin powder, 15 to 25 parts of spinach, 8 to 12 parts of chicken intestine powder, 0.1 to 1.0 part of decavitamin, 0.1 to 1.0 part of trace elements, 0.2 to 2.0 parts of compound amino acid, 1 to 3 parts of sodium chloride, and 3 to 5 parts of a Chinese herbal medicine additive. The feed for the breast-feeding sheep has the beneficial effects that proper amount of vitamin, trace elements and amino acid as well as different components are added to enable sufficient nutrition of the feed; the Chinese herbal medicine additive added improves the immunity, digestive system and other body conditions of the breast-feeding sheep; Chinese herbal medicine capable of promoting lactation is also added, and thus the sheep failing to lactate can lactate after taking the feed for 3 to 5 days, and the overall lactation rate is increased by 20%.

An apparatus and system for facilitating breast milk pumping and breastfeeding in a discreet and comfortable manner. The apparatus including a bandeau provided within a covering shirt. The bandeau can include a pair of apertures corresponding in location to a wearer's nipples which provide access through the bandeau to the wearer's nipples for pumping purposes. Further, the bandeau and covering shirt being formed of a resilient material for exposing one or both breasts, or alternatively uncovering only the bandeau.

An upper body garment configured to convert between a garment portion and a carry bag portion, wherein the carry bag portion is capable of storing the garment portion when the garment portion is not being worn. The garment portion has a storage pouch configured to store the carry bag portion when the garment portion is being worn and the carry bag portion is not in use. Additionally, the garment portion comprises a plurality of pockets configured to securely hold child care products and a breast feed shield.

A method of supporting a breast in the correct position for breastfeeding by utilizing a support member that is placed against a mother's body and directly under her breast to create support for the breast and correctly position the breast for breastfeeding. A cover surrounds and conforms to the shape of the support member and may be removed for cleaning.

A device for delivering an agent into breast milk while breastfeeding. In one embodiment, the device includes a breast shield modified to engage a non-woven material which has been impregnated with a milk soluble active agent such as sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). A lactating animal, e.g. a woman, uses this agent-delivering breast shield during breastfeeding to administer prophylactic or therapeutic agents to a suckling infant. The inventions are particularly well suited to preventing transmission of HIV virus from mother to child. Alternatively, the agent-laden material could be used with a baby bottle nipple or pacifier.

The present invention is a baby bottle holding apparatus and a method of use thereof which allow the wearer to conveniently bottle-feed a baby in closeness and comfort similarly found in breastfeeding. Particularly, the present invention allows the wearer to utilize only one hand in bottle-feeding the baby while utilizing the free hand to perform other manual tasks. The apparatus is to be worn around the thorax with the baby bottle pouch positioned centrally upon the chest of the wearer. With the bottle pouch positioned upon the chest, the user may insert a baby bottle into the pouch with the bottle nipple shown and visible to the baby. The bottle is secured to the pouch via a drawstring or an elastic band. The strap of the apparatus is adjustable in length. Beside the bottle, the baby may also play with a toy attached to the strap via a string.

The invention discloses an intelligent night light, and aims at solving the problems that people are inconvenient to turn on a light while getting out of a bed at night, particularly the old people and the breast feeding women touch to find a switch or walk in half asleep and half awake state at midnight, the switch is hard to find or the partner is disturbed, and even accidents such as crashing and slipping occur. The intelligent night light is capable of automatically determining different behaviors and states of people going to bed, turning over, sitting and lying down, and getting out of the bed, and can be self-adaptively turned on or turned off based on the actual demand. The intelligent night light comprises a pillow cushion, a sensor, an adjusting and controlling device and a nightlight body, wherein the pillow cushion and the sensor are capable of sensing and detecting the behavior data of people going to bed in real time; the adjusting and controlling device is capable of automatically determining different behavior states of going to bed and the corresponding demands on lighting, sending an adjusting and controlling signal, and timely switching the on or off mode as well as the working hours of the night light body. The intelligent night light is a humanized intelligent light which facilitates people getting out of the bed for safe action at night and is capable ofimproving the life quality, and is warm, convenient and energy saving.

A brassiere according to the present invention is provided with a pair of cover cloths, a strap attached to the upper parts of the both of cover cloths, and an under bust belt to which lower hems of the cover cloths are attached. The lower hems of the cover cloths are disposed to the under bust belt so as to be slidable right and left so that a user can breast-feed a baby by sliding one of the cover cloths along the under bust belt to expose either of her breast from the side hem of the cover cloth.

The present disclosure relates generally to a composition for feeding an infant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a nutritional composition for feeding an infant comprising a stem-cell deficient first component and a second component comprising breast milk stem cells (BSCs). The second component is added to the first component, and the BSCs partially or fully replenish the stem-cell deficient first component with respect to BSCs. In some embodiments the first component is stem-cell deficient human breast milk and the second component comprises BSCs from the infant's mother's own milk. The compositions of the present disclosure have been developed primarily as a personalized, nutritional composition providing the beneficial effects of an infant's mother's own BSCs to the infant while not being able to receive the full benefits of being breastfed directly.The present disclosure also relates to a composition for feeding an infant and to processes of their production. In particular, the disclosure relates to a composition for feeding an infant comprising a first and a second component, wherein the first component provides the majority of the nutritional value to said composition, and wherein the second component comprises at least one live bacterium from human breast milk or the lactating human mammary gland. The disclosure has been developed primarily as a composition for feeding a mother's own infant, wherein the composition comprises processed human breast milk with a substantially reduced live bacterial cell count as compared to unprocessed breast milk but which at least one live bacterium, from the mother's own breast milk, is added such as to partially or fully replenish the processed human breast milk with respect to the at least one live bacterium. More particular, the composition is a personalised composition for feeding the mother's own preterm infant.The present invention also related to the combination of BSC and bacterial replenishment as described herein.

A technique for nursing sucking piglet without sow's milk features that the liquid feed for piglet is prepared and a nursing appliance for nursing the piglet with the said liquid feed is provided. Byusing this invention, the sow because of eliminating breast-feed can bear three litters of piglets per year, and piglets by concentrated feeding can be raised under the most favourable feed, temp., humidity and sound. Its advantages are high bearing efficiency of sow (increased by 30%), high survival rate and growth speed of piglet, low cost and high nursing efficiency.

The invention provides a concentrate supplement suitable for breast-fed colts. The concentrate supplement comprises 1-80 parts of corn, 6-30 parts of bran, 10-50 parts of soybean meal, 0.05-10 parts of calcium hydrogen phosphate, 0.1-10 parts of stone flour, 0.05-5 parts of table salt, 0.05-5 parts of lysine, and 0.01-8 parts of a premixed material; and the concentrate supplement is made into particles with the particle size of 4 mm and directly used for feeding. The premixed material comprises 0.5-10 parts of manganese sulfate, 1-10 parts of ferrous sulfate, 0.05-5 parts of copper sulfate, 0.5-12 parts of zinc sulfate, 0.1-8 parts of cobalt chloride, 0.05-5 parts of potassium iodide, 0.05-10 parts of sodium selenite, 0.02-7 parts of vitamin A, 0.001-2 parts of vitamin D3, 0.02-10 parts of vitamin E, 0.003-4 parts of vitamin B2, 0.05-8 parts of niacinamide, 0.01-5 parts of calcium pantothenate, 0.03-6 parts of vitamin B6, 0.001-5 parts of vitamin B1, 0.05-6 parts of biotin, 0.06-8 parts of vitamin C, 0.5-10 parts of aureomycin, and 30-80 parts of bentonite. The breast-fed colts are fed for 2 times a day, and in each time, the breast-fed colts are additionally fed with 0.025-2.5 kg of the concentrate supplement based on 100 kg of the weight.

The invention provides a cub breast-feeding device for animal husbandry and relates to the technical field of breast-feeding devices. The cub breast-feeding device for the animal husbandry comprises amilk box, wherein a milk powder inlet is fixedly mounted on the outer surface of the top end of the milk box; a screen mesh is fixedly mounted in the milk powder inlet; a mixer is movably mounted onthe outer surface of the bottom end of the milk powder inlet; a sieve hole is formed in an inner wall of the mixer; a bearing is fixedly mounted on the outer surface of the top end of the mixer; a rotary shaft is fixedly mounted on the outer surface of the bottom end of the mixer; a servo motor is fixedly mounted on the inner surface of the bottom end of the milk powder. According to the cub breast-feeding device for the animal husbandry, the breast-feeding device has an automatic milk distribution function and wastes of manpower is reduced, so that people can clearly observe the milk drinkingamount of each cub and a breast-feeding plan is made; the cubs can grow better and the wastes of milk are reduced; the feeding cost is reduced and the inner part of the milk box is also convenient toclean.

The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide for promoting or inducing a global gut microbiota that is closer to the one of infants fed exclusively with human breast milk, in comparison to infants fed with a conventional nutritional composition. The composition can be an infant formula and is in particular intended for infants between 0 and 12 months of age fed predominantly with infant formula. It promotes a healthy intestinal flora and has beneficial short and long terms effects.

The invention discloses a method for improving the captive pork quality. The method comprises the steps that 1, freshly-calved piglets are fed with breast milk, in the weaning period, before the piglets grow to 30 kilograms, an existing captive pork feeding management mode is adopted, disease prevention and control are implemented, and the piglets are fed with piglet feed; 2, after the piglets grow to 30 kilograms, the piglets are fed with main materials including corn, bean cakes, bran and bean pulp and auxiliary materials including seasonal vegetables, various vitamins and microelements instead of the piglet feed, various vitamins and microelements are needed according to the piglet growth requirement of the period, the activity space is provided, and the feeding time is 40 d; 3, after 40 d, the piglets are fed with piglet feed of the piglet growth period, the activity space is reduced, and feed and feeding ways are converted every 40 d in a circulating mode till slaughter. Breast feeding and the prior art are adopted before piglets are 30 kilograms for disease control and prevention, the piglet physique and survival rate are ensured, the feeding ways are converted every 40 d, the pork quality is basically the same as that of captive pig, and free ranging is not needed.