506 results about "Udder" patented technology

A strapless hands-free breast band device of the present invention includes a unitary breast band having self-closing openings for receiving milk intake receptacles that is custom-fittable to the user. The self-closing openings are horizontal slit openings in an anisotropic breast band material that provide for adequate support of the milk intake receptacles without deflection, bending, or buckling of the band due to the weight of the receptacles when filling or filled with milk.

An apparatus and method are provided for precisely isolating a target lesion in a patient's body tissue, resulting in a high likelihood of “clean” margins about the lesion when it is removed for diagnosis and / or therapy. This approach advantageously will often result in the ability to both diagnose and treat a malignant lesion with only a single percutaneous procedure, with no follow-up percutaneous or surgical procedure required, while minimizing the risk of migration of possibly cancerous cells from the lesion to surrounding tissue or the bloodstream. In particular, the apparatus comprises a biopsy instrument having a distal end adapted for entry into the patient's body, a longitudinal shaft, and a cutting element disposed along the shaft. The cutting element is actuatable between a radially retracted position and a radially extended position. Advantageously, the instrument is rotatable about its axis in the radially extended position to isolate a desired tissue specimen from surrounding tissue by defining a peripheral margin about the tissue specimen. Once the tissue specimen is isolated, it may be segmented by further manipulation of the cutting element, after which the tissue segments are preferably individually removed from the patient's body through a cannula or the like. Alternatively, the specimen may be encapsulated and removed as an intact piece.

A method of treatment, clinical treatment assembly, robotic manipulator and controlling arrangements for the treatment of cancers are described. The invention has particular application in the treatment of breast cancer. A robotic manipulator (18) carries a jig assembly (30). The jig assembly (30) includes an array of treatment probes (52, 54, 56) and a single identification / diagnostic probe (58). The probes can be moved by the robotic manipulator (18) in three directions (x, y, θ). A subject breast tissue is received in a tank (16) through an operating window (14), and the robotic manipulator (18) is to firstly determine the site of a tumour in the breast tissue. Once the tumour has been located by use of the identification / diagnostic probe (58), the treatment probes (52, 54, 56) are used to ablate the tumour by the superposition of ultrasonic waves at a focal region. A series of such lesions may be performed in sequence to traverse the full extent of the tumour.

A nipple simulating the shape and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The nipple preferably has a securing structure integrally formed to the base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and is designed to simulate the shape of the areola region of a woman's breast. The bulbous region is positioned between the areola region and the securing structure, and is designed to simulate the shape of the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola region.

The invention provides traditional Chinese medicine for treating breast diseases, which is formed by mixing Chinese angelica, red paeony root, peach kernels, red flower, salvia miltiorrhiza, zedoary turmeric oil, rhizoma corydalis, szechuan lovage rhizome, lumbricus, pangolin scales, uniflower swisscentaury root, fritillaria thunbergii, spina gleditsiae, cowherb seeds, angelica root, mongolian snakegourd root, concha ostreae, pericarpium citri reticulatae viride, nutgrass galingale rhizome, tangerine seeds, radix bupleuri, dandelion, rhizoma pleionis, fructus forsythiae, astragalus root, codonopsis pilosula, liquorice, frankincense, myrrh, poria cocos and oldenlandia diffusa. The traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of invigorating Qi and enriching the blood, invigorating the blood circulation and softening the hard lumps, activating the meridians and detoxicating, soothing the depressed livers and regulating the flow of Qi, softening and resolving the hard lumps, invigorating the spleens and reducing the phlegm, strengthening the healthy energy and eliminating the pathogenic factors and can be used for treating hyperplasia of mammary gland, acute or chronic mastitis, breast fibroadenoma, intraductal papilloma, breast lump, breast scrofula, breast carbuncle and breast cancer.

A method of controlling a milking implement for automatically milking a dairy animal with an udder, such as a cow, which milking implement includes a camera and a teat cup. More particularly, the method includes attaching the teat cup to a teat of the udder, followed by producing by the camera an image of at least a part of the udder and of at least a part of the teat cup, making an analysis of the image of the udder with the teat cup, and performing at least one control action by the milking implement, based on the analysis.

The present invention relates to androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA) which demonstrate androgenic and anabolic activity, which are nonsteroidal ligands for the androgen receptor. The selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM) are useful for a) male contraception; b) treatment of a variety of hormone-related conditions, for example conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM), such as fatigue, depression, decreased libido, sexual dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, osteoporosis, hair loss, anemia, obesity, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, benign prostate hyperplasia, alterations in mood and cognition and prostate cancer; c) treatment of conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), such as sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, alterations in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, endometriosis, breast cancer, uterine cancer and ovarian cancer; d) treatment and / or prevention of chronic muscular wasting; e) decreasing the incidence of, halting or causing a regression of prostate cancer; f) oral androgen relacement and / or other clinical therpauetic and / or diagnostic areas.

Breast pump for expressing milk from a breast, comprising at least one breast cup (2) for receiving a breast, a pumping system (10) in fluid connection (11) with the at least one breast cup (2) for applying a negative pressure on said breast and a detection unit (3) comprising at least one sensor for measuring a parameter during use of the breast pump (1), wherein the breast pump (1) is adapted for optimising breast pump settings by actively controlling at least one breast pump pumping property, based on measurements of the at least one sensor (4, 5), during a period of use of the breast pump (1), in order to personalize operation of said breast pump (1) for a particular user.

A nipple simulating the shape and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The nipple preferably has a securing structure integrally formed to the base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and is designed to simulate the shape of the areola region of a woman's breast. The bulbous region is positioned between the areola region and the securing structure, and is designed to simulate the shape of the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola region.

A breast cup is described herein which is made from a stretchable material for compressing the breast during x-ray imaging. The breast cup is constructed preferably of a fabric having elastomeric yarns to allow it to be easily worn during radiation and afterwards removed with minimal effort. The stretchable qualities provide the needed compression throughout the cup, yet is not unduly uncomfortable while worn.

A method of sanitizing the udders and teats of dairy cows by applying to them an aqueous solution of a hop compound in a concentration sufficient to kill substantial amounts of pathogens but insufficient to cause substantial trauma to the cows.

The present invention provides a treatment method to excise a cancerous lesion, such as in the breast, with subsequent ablation of the margin. The method provides for location and excision with ablation under open guidance or guided imaging and for diagnosis by cytology. The method may be a minimally, invasive same day method with diagnosis before or immediately after excision. Also provided is a method of treating close or positive margins of an excisional site of a cancerous lesion in a breast by ablating the margin while monitoring the fluorescence of a fluorophor at the site to determine when ablation of the close or positive margin has occurred.

A more effective method of automatically milking animals in an automatic milking facility is disclosed. The method includes (i) assigning a respective threshold value (t.v.) to each of the udder quarters (1<st >u.q.; 2<nd >u.q.; 3<rd >u.q.; 4u.q.) of an animal to be milked indicating when the milking of the corresponding udder quarter is to be ended; (ii) measuring the milk flow from each udder quarter of animal during milking; and (iv) ending the milking of an udder quarter of the animal (end1; end2; end3; end4) in dependence on the measured milk flow from that udder quarter reaches the corresponding threshold value. The threshold value of the udder quarter (4u.q.) of the animal, for which the ending of milking very last remains is raised (t.v.115%; t..V.inf; t.v.(t); t.v.eo) subsequently to the very first ending of milking of an udder quarter of the animal, to thereby shorten the total milking time (tmt) of the animal, and thus more rapidly free milking capacity of the milking facility to be used for the milking of a further animal.

A method and apparatus for compressing a patient's breast when using an X-ray mammography machine to take an image wherein said machine has a compression paddle and a bucky. A movable interface plate controllable by linear actuators is mounted on the bucky as an interface between the bucky and a patient's breast. The method includes steps wherein the compression paddle is moved downwardly to provide compression forces on the breast; the movement of the compression paddle is stopped at a position where less than the full desired compression of the breast is attained. Next, the movable interface plate is elevated under control of the linear actuators, upwardly against the breast to obtain the full desired compression. The upward movement of the interface plate functions to distribute and balance the compression and shear forces applied to the breast.