Gomco Automatic/Manual Breast Pump Model 218

Breast Pump- The Gomco Model 218 breast pump offers the ultimate in personal control to help assure the gentlest, most natural hursing action.  The total control helps to ensure comfort, which builds confidence in new mothers as well as those who have nursed before.

FEATURES

• Ideal for hospital or home use
• Lightweight for easy portability
• Choice of automatic or manual suction control
• Suction force can be easily adjusted for maximum comfort for mother
• In-line cut-off control helps prevent accidental "over-suction"
• Overflow trap bottle provides backup collector
• Single patient use collection system available in kit form
• Backer by Gomco-s reputation for quality and performance

Model 218 - A three-position switch (off, manual or automatic) allows use in either the manual or automatic mode.  In the manual mode, the mother controls the length of the suction cycle with a thumb-operated shut-off valve.  In the automatic mode, the duration of the suction cycle can be set with the timer control. The unit will intermittently apply vacuum for periods from two to thirty seconds, with a four-second pause between cycles.

The strenght of the suction is regulated by adjusting the vacuum control. An in-line valve helps prefent accidental over-suction by cutting off the vacuum once it reaches a predetermined level.

An overflow bottle provides protection to the pump motor by acting as a backup trap should the primary bottle containing expressed milk overflow.

A single patient use collection system which includes two plastic cap/bottle assemblies and connectin tubing is available from Gomco as a packaged kit (01-90-2677) Model 218 is UL listed.

Specifications

• 6 oz reuseable collection jar
• 1/16hp motor
• compressor diaphragm
• 0-12 in Hg
• 12 Lpm flow rate
• 11 x 8 x 12 in./ 28 xx 29 x 30.5 cm