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Article: Wyoming Inventor Develops Illuminated Nipple Cup
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 14, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 14 -- Richard L. Mueller Jr. of Jackson, Wy., has developed an illuminated nipple cup.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "device suitable for viewing and illuminating a mammary duct orifice comprising a hollow receptacle defining an interior volume and an open aperture at a distal end thereof sized to circumscribe the nipple. An outwardly extending flange that can be provided with an adhesive preferably surrounds the open aperture. A vacuum port suitable for connection to a vacuum source to create a vacuum in the interior volume may also be configured as part of the hollow receptacle. An illumination source is provided ...