I bought an old Lloyd-B pump from eBay. The box shows it was made by Lopuco, Ltd. 1615 Old Annapolis Road, Woodbine, MD 21797. Someone hand-wrote an 800 phone number on the box, but I'm not giving it here because I have no idea who it belongs to. I don't think the pump is currently being manufactured. It has two glass flanges, each fit into a rubber stopper. One of a size to fit into a glass infant water bottle and a larger one that would fit into a baby food jar. The squeeze action is rather firm but very smooth. It is designed for a much larger hand than mine & I wear size L rubber goves. The squeeze pump is MitYvaC by Neward Enterprises of Cucamonga, CA. Embossed numbers are: 12 89 9K84. Possibly mfd in Dec'89? So Lopuco put this hand pump, that was designed for several medical devices, together with the glass flanges, stoppers, tubing & bottles to create this hand pump. So I put my vacuum gauge on it and found that the vacuum increased a little more with each squeeze. I recall it reached >300 mm hg on the release stroke. There is a little vacuum release valve, but which hand do you use to trip it? the one squeezing the hand piece or the one holding the flange & bottle? If you have very long artificial nails, you could reach it with your index finger. :-) In my opinion, its more effective equivalents might be (in alphabetical order) the Ameda hand pump, the Avent hand pump, and the Medela manual pump. Phyllis > Does anyone know how to get ahold of a "Lloyd B" > manual breastpump? Is it still being manufactured? > > It seems like the LLoyd B is one of those pumps > that you read about but never see. (I saw one once > in a Breastfeeding Support Consultants' class a > long time ago.) > > However, a mother recently called me who had used > one previously, I believe her mother or a friend > had given it to her. She loved it, but some part > wore out with first baby and she's now pregnant > and wants either to replace the part or get a new > Lloyd B pump. She has been unable to locate a > manufacturer, using all the resources on the web. > Indeed I was unable to find anything recently > trying both google and even ebay. > > Is this still being manufactured? > > I am usually set for "Nomail" on lactnet, so if > you can help, please reply directly to me: > [log in to unmask] > > Thanks, Tina Smillie, MD, IBCLC --- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC --- Glendale, AZ, USA --- [log in to unmask] --- Scanned by Norton AntiVirus with auto-updates *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html