CA2300297A1 - Disposable sterile bag, e.g. for breast milk - Google Patents

Disposable sterile bag, e.g. for breast milk Download PDF

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CA2300297A1
CA2300297A1 CA002300297A CA2300297A CA2300297A1 CA 2300297 A1 CA2300297 A1 CA 2300297A1 CA 002300297 A CA002300297 A CA 002300297A CA 2300297 A CA2300297 A CA 2300297A CA 2300297 A1 CA2300297 A1 CA 2300297A1
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Danielle Lafond
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
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    • B65D75/58—Opening or contents-removing devices added or incorporated during package manufacture
    • B65D75/66—Inserted or applied tearing-strings or like flexible elements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J9/00—Feeding-bottles in general
    • A61J9/005—Non-rigid or collapsible feeding-bottles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J2200/00—General characteristics or adaptations
    • A61J2200/70—Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means
    • A61J2200/76—Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means for fluid level
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J2205/00—General identification or selection means
    • A61J2205/30—Printed labels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M1/00—Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems
    • A61M1/06—Milking pumps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M1/00—Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems
    • A61M1/06—Milking pumps
    • A61M1/062—Pump accessories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/04—Level indicators

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Abstract

A disposable sterile plastic bag includes a liquid receiving chamber which can be accessed upon removal of a tear off strip for introducing therein liquids, such as breast milk. The bag also includes a closure member to close the bag once filled with milk.
The bag further includes indicia thereon for indicating the volume of milk in the bag, and an extension away from the chamber so that information about the milk can be provided, e.g. by writing, on the bag without danger of piercing the bag. Once opened, the bag can be attached to an outlet port of a breast pump such that pumped milk is conveyed directly and sterilely into the bag, and the bag can then be stored in sub-ambient temperature until ready to be fed to a baby, at which time the bag is opened, the closure is cut off from the bag and the bag is installed on, and used as a liner for, a bag holder which is provided with a cap and nipple and acts as a feeding bottle.

Claims (28)

1. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a breast pumping device, said bag being adapted to contain breast milk and to be fluidly connected to said pumping device, said pumping device being adapted for retrieving breast milk from a human breast such that said breast milk is directed into said bag, said bag comprising a flexible closed enclosure means defining a chamber adapted to contain therein the breast milk received from said pumping device, said enclosure means being permanently sealed except at one portion thereof which comprises bag access means adapted to substantially seal said bag in a first position thereof but also adapted to selectively allow in a second position thereof the breast milk to be introduced in said chamber when it is desired to use said bag, whereby once in said second position the breast milk can be received in said bag with said bag is fluidly connected to said pumping device.
2. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 1, wherein said bag comprises a section located remote from said enclosure means and adapted for receiving thereon information about a content of said bag.
3. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 2, wherein said section comprises at least a first area for indicating thereon a date of filling of said enclosure means with breast milk.
4. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 3, wherein said section also comprises a second area for indicating thereon a volume of breast milk introduced in said enclosure means.
5. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 2, wherein said bag is made from a plastic tube permanently closed at a lower end thereof by lower seal means thereby delimiting a bottom end of said enclosure means, said section extending from said lower seal means away from said enclosure means.
6. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 1, wherein said bag defines opposite said enclosure means indicia for providing an indication of a volume of breast milk contained in said chamber.
7. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 1, wherein said bag comprises a closure member adapted, with an outlet end of said pumping device extending into said bag, to be detachably mounted to said pumping device thereby attaching said bag to said pumping device such that breast milk retrieved by said pumping device is directly delivered through said outlet end into said bag, and wherein said closure member is adapted for temporarily closing said access means once breast milk has been introduced in said chamber.
8. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 7, wherein said closure member is adapted to be detachably mounted around said outlet end of said pumping device.
9. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 8, wherein said access means comprise detachable strip means including upper seal means for sealing said bag in said first position but adapted to be removed from said bag with said detachable strip means in said second position thereby opening said bag at said one portion thereof for subsequent receipt of the breast milk therein, and wherein said closure member is located inwardly of said detachable strip means such as to remain on said bag when said detachable strip means is removed therefrom.
10. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 9, wherein said enclosure means comprise front and rear rectangular sheet means joined at opposed side edges thereof and at a bottom end thereof, said strip means being provided at an upper end of said sheet means for substantially sealing in said first position said chamber defined between said sheet means, said strip means comprising a tear off line extending inwardly of said upper seal means and between said upper seal means and said closure member, whereby in said second position said strip means is detached from said upper end of said enclosure means at said tear off line with said upper seal means being removed therefrom with said strip means thereby allowing access to said chamber.
11. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 9, wherein said closure member comprises on each side of said enclosure means an adhesive tape and a metal wire both extending transversely of said bag and having respective longitudinal ends thereof extending outwardly past longitudinal side edges of said bag, said metal wire being held onto said bag by said adhesive tape, both said adhesive tapes being adhesively attached together at said longitudinal ends thereof provided outwardly of each of said side edges of said bag such that, to close said access means, an upper end of said bag is rolled up around said closure member and then said longitudinal ends of said adhesive tapes and of said metal wires are folded inwardly over said enclosure means to prevent said upper end from unrolling.
12. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 11, wherein each said adhesive tape is provided with a lateral pull tab located opposite said enclosure means such that said bag can be opened at said access means by pulling outwardly on both lateral pull tabs in opposite directions.
13. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 1, further in combination with a bag holder which comprises a cap provided with a nipple and which is adapted for feeding a baby, said bag holder being hollow, said bag being exempt of said upper end thereof including said closure member thereby now defining a top end, said bag holder being adapted for receiving therein said bag containing breast milk therein, said top end being adapted to be folded over an upper end of said bag holder with said cap being engageable to said upper end of said bag holder for imprisoning said top end of said bag between said cap and said upper end of said bag holder.
14. A disposable bag in combination with a pumping device as defined in Claim 13, wherein an outside wall of said upper end of said bag holder comprises outside threads adapted to threadably engage inside threads defined on an inside wall of said cap.
15. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder, said bag being adapted to contain milk, said bag holder comprising a hollow body and a cap provided with a nipple and being adapted for feeding a baby, said bag holder being adapted for receiving therein said bag, said bag comprising a flexible closed enclosure means defining a chamber adapted to contain milk therein, said enclosure means being permanently sealed except at one portion thereof which comprises bag access means adapted to substantially seal said bag in a first position thereof but also adapted to selectively allow in a second position thereof the milk to be introduced in
16 said chamber when it is desired to use said bag, wherein, once in said second position, a top end of said bag can be folded over an upper end of said bag holder with said cap being engageable to said upper end of said bag holder for imprisoning said top end of said bag between said cap and said upper end of said bag holder such that said bag hangs in said bag holder with milk being introduced in said bag at least one of before and after said bag is inserted in said bag holder and mounted thereto.

16. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 15, wherein said access means comprise detachable strip means including upper seal means for sealing said bag in said first position but adapted to be removed from said bag with said detachable strip means in said second position thereby opening said bag at said one portion thereof for subsequent receipt of milk therein, and wherein an outside wall of said upper end of said bag holder comprises outside threads adapted to threadably engage inside threads defined on an inside wall of said cap.
17. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 16, wherein said bag comprises a closure member for temporarily closing said access means, in said second position, once milk has been introduced in said chamber, said closure member being located inwardly of said detachable strip means such as to remain on said bag when said detachable strip means is removed therefrom.
18. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 15, wherein said bag comprises a section located remote from said enclosure means and adapted for receiving thereon information about a content of said bag.
19. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 15, wherein said bag defines opposite said enclosure means indicia for providing an indication of a volume of breast milk contained in said chamber.
20. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 15, further in combination with a breast pumping device, said bag in said second position being adapted to be fluidly connected to said pumping device, said pumping device being adapted for retrieving breast milk from a human breast such that said breast milk is directed into said chamber.
21. A disposable sterile plastic bag in combination with a bag holder as defined in Claim 19, wherein said bag comprises a closure member adapted, with an outlet end of said pumping device extending into said bag, to be detachably mounted to said pumping device thereby attaching said bag to said pumping device such that breast milk retrieved by said pumping device is directly delivered through said outlet end into said bag, and wherein said closure member is adapted for temporarily closing said access means once breast milk has been introduced in said chamber.
22. A method of substantially sterilely handling breast milk, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a disposable sterile bag;
b) fluidly connecting said bag to an outlet of a breast pumping device; and c) retrieving breast milk from a human breast by way of said pumping device and conveying the breast milk directly from said outlet into said bag.
23. A method as defined in Claim 22, further comprising the following steps: d) closing said bag containing the breast milk and storing it in sub-ambient temperature;
and, once one wants to use the breast milk to feed a baby, e) removing said bag from said sub-ambient temperature, f) opening said bag and g) installing said bag on a bag holder provided with a nipple for feeding the baby.
24. A method as defined in Claim 22, wherein said bag comprises a closure member, and wherein, in step b), said closure member is used to attach said bag to said outlet such that breast milk retrieved with said pumping device is delivered directly into said bag.
25. A method as defined in Claim 23, wherein said bag comprises a closure member, wherein, in step b), said closure member is used to attach said bag to said outlet such that breast milk retrieved with said pumping device is delivered directly into said bag; wherein, in step d), said bag is closed using said closure member; and wherein, between said steps e) and g), said closure member is removed from said bag.
26. A method as defined in Claim 22, wherein said bag comprises a tear off strip to retain said bag sterile until ready for use, wherein, prior to step b), said tear off strip is removed from said bag thereby revealing a milk receiving chamber of said bag, and wherein, in step b), said outlet is positioned such as to extend in said chamber.
27. A method of substantially sterilely handling breast milk, comprising the steps of:
a) providing a disposable sterile bag comprising a tear off strip and providing a bag holder;

b) removing said tear off strip to reveal a milk receiving chamber of said bag; and c) mounting said bag to said bag holder;
wherein milk is introduced in said bag between said steps b) and c) or after step c).
28. A disposable bag in combination with a breast pumping device, said bag being adapted to contain breast milk and to be fluidly connected to said pumping device, said pumping device being adapted for retrieving breast milk from a human breast, said bag comprising an enclosure means defining a chamber adapted to contain therein the breast milk received from said pumping device, said enclosure means defining an opening for allowing the breast milk to be introduced in said chamber, whereby, when said bag is fluidly connected to said pumping device, the breast milk pumped by said pumping device is directed into said bag.
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Cited By (4)

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WO2007090222A1 (en) * 2006-02-10 2007-08-16 Mam Babyartikel Gesellschaft M.B.H. Freezer bag
WO2011106230A1 (en) * 2010-02-24 2011-09-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Storage bag for breast pump
EP2854621A1 (en) * 2012-05-29 2015-04-08 Stellenbosch University Sweat measurement device
DE102022124250A1 (en) 2022-09-21 2024-03-21 Olle Larsson Holding AG Method and device for treating breast milk

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2007090222A1 (en) * 2006-02-10 2007-08-16 Mam Babyartikel Gesellschaft M.B.H. Freezer bag
WO2011106230A1 (en) * 2010-02-24 2011-09-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Storage bag for breast pump
EP2854621A1 (en) * 2012-05-29 2015-04-08 Stellenbosch University Sweat measurement device
DE102022124250A1 (en) 2022-09-21 2024-03-21 Olle Larsson Holding AG Method and device for treating breast milk

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