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:
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>
> Thanks, Tina Smillie, MD, IBCLC
--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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