Vibratory waveform for breast pump

Abstract

A method for facilitating milk extraction from a female breast may involve applying a breast contacting portion of a breast pump system to a breast, activating the breast pump system to administer multiple breast pumping cycles, and applying vibrations to the breast during at least a portion of each of the breast pumping cycles, using a vibration device. A vibration generating device may be a component of a breast pump system, an added attachment on a breast pump system or a separate component that works in conjunction with a breast pump system.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method for facilitating milk extraction from a female breast, the method comprising:
 applying a breast contacting portion of a breast pump system to a breast;   activating the breast pump system to administer multiple breast pumping cycles, wherein each of the breast pumping cycles comprises an increasing vacuum segment, during which an amount of the vacuum force applied to the breast increases, and a decreasing vacuum segment, during which the amount of the vacuum force applied to the breast decreases; and   applying vibrations to the breast during at least a portion of each of the breast pumping cycles, using a vibration device.