Purifying Breast Milk of Alcohol
- Technology Benefits
- A nursing mother can both drink alcoholic beverages and feed her infant safelyNo comparable product exists in today’s market, so this market need is unmet
- Technology Application
- · Removal of alcohol from pumped breast milk · Removal of other volatile contaminants from pumped breast milk
- Detailed Technology Description
- Consumption of alcohol by nursing mothers has been shown to negatively affect infant’s growth and development, due to alcohol toxicity. Therefore, new mothers are commonly asked to refrain from consuming alcoholic beverages to protect their infants from the effects of alcohol. There is currently no option for new mothers to both nurse their babies and consume alcoholic beverages. The current UCI invention removes alcohol from pumped breast milk. The device is compact and easy to use.
- Others
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Tech ID/UC Case
28778/2017-811-0
Related Cases
2017-811-0
- *Abstract
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Nursing mothers commonly abstain from drinking alcohol for up to a year or longer, to protect their infant from alcohol toxicity. This invention eliminates all alcohol from pumped breast milk, thus insuring infant safety and granting freedom to the mother who wishes to partake of alcoholic beverages.
- *Principal Investigator
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Name: Elliott Hui
Department:
Name: Michelle Khine
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- Country/Region
- USA
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