Novel warming and massaging bra for improved breast milk expression

新颖的加热和按摩文胸可改善母乳分泌

• 批准号: 10822849
• 负责人: Mooneyham Ashley
• 金额: $ 28.87万
• 依托单位: MOMEASE SOLUTIONS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-19 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10822849
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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.

项目概要 母乳是一种无与伦比的生物活性来源，具有营养、免疫和神经发育益处 随着婴儿的成长而进化，以满足其独特的健康和营养需求。 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) 建议纯母乳喂养至 6 个月 纯母乳喂养的定义是除母乳外不给予任何其他食物或饮料，可以是母乳喂养。 通过母乳喂养婴儿、奶瓶喂养母乳或两者的结合来实现。 值得注意的是，85%的母乳喂养妈妈会使用吸奶器（相当于每年有256万新妈妈）， 很大一部分人会继续经常使用电动吸奶器的一个主要限制是它的独特性。 使用吸力从乳房中吸出乳汁 这可能会导致仅吸出最靠近乳头的乳汁。 另一方面，婴儿则结合使用吸力、口腔的温暖以及身体的运动。 他们的下巴和手抵住乳房，以有效、彻底地从乳房中排出乳汁。 吸奶器缺少有效吸出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客户发现调查，收到了超过 1200 人的参与 令人震惊的是，97% 的受访者在使用吸奶器时遇到了困难。 最大的挑战包括长时间、不舒服和低产量的单独手动加热。 或在吸奶时按摩乳房已被证明可以使产奶量增加 42% 和 48%， 迄今为止，尚不存在能够对乳房进行温暖和正压按摩的配件。 为了解决这一未满足的需求，Momease 将寻求概念验证。 通过以下第一阶段目标的加热和按摩胸罩的数据——目标 1. 设计和开发 新颖的免提加热和按摩文胸，目标 2：测试文胸的加热和按摩功能， 目标 3：进行可用性研究以评估直观的可操作性和接受度。最终，这是第一个目标。 朝着将一项可能对健康和经济产生重大影响的技术商业化迈出了一步 数百万寻求母乳喂养至 6 个月及以上的母亲和婴儿。