Neonatal care company Neotech Products acquires breastfeeding assistance device

The California-based neonatal and paediatric care company Neotech Products has acquired the Bridge breastfeeding assistance device.

The device features a silicone nipple cover with a built-in channel, which attaches to a syringe that can hold and deliver breastmilk or formula.

It helps babies latch to the breast and helps promote milk production and it can be used in most circumstances in which a bottle would traditionally be used.

“I created the Bridge because there was a lack of solutions for the most common issues I was seeing in practice,” said Kate Spivak, a physician assistant and the creator behind the breastfeeding device.

“I consistently saw babies who were being supplemented with a bottle due to low supply and issues with latch.

“Theoretically, the solution was simple: keep the baby at the breast as much as possible. Realistically, there was no efficient way to do that until the Bridge was created.”

A large percentage of mothers experience breastfeeding challenges, including difficulty with infant feeding at the breast, pain, and milk quantity.

The developers say the Bridge breastfeeding assistance device provides a surface for baby to latch and allows supplementation while breastfeeding which helps to stimulate natural milk production

It can be used to provide colostrum, expressed milk, fortified human milk or formula and allows control of supplement flow, rate and timing.

Commenting on the acquisition, Craig McCrary, Neotech president, said: “Neotech is primarily known as a NICU company, but the Bridge is a natural progression into the Mother Baby market.

“We have a few other products in the works for the Mother Baby space. The Bridge marks the start of a new era for Neotech.”