Medela Symphony - 11 Determine the Program Card

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11. Determine the Program Card
There are three different program cards available for use with the Symphony
®
: Standard,
Preemie
+TM
, and PLUS
TM
. The program cards are utilized to generate the pump’s suction
patterns.
The Symphony Standard program card is designed to build and maintain milk production
with 2-Phase Expression
®
technology. The 2-Phase Expression technology mimics the baby’s
natural sucking rhythm. Short, stimulation cycles in the stimulation phase are followed by longer
ones in the expression phase.
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The Symphony Preemie
+
program card was developed to help pump-dependent mothers
of preterm and term infants initiate their milk production. Preemie
+
program card contains two
pump programs, Preemie
+
and Standard. The Preemie
+
program is designed to be used during
the immediate postnatal period. The Standard program with 2-Phase Expression technology is
utilized after initiation of milk production.
Symphony PLUS program card has the same technology as Preemie
+
, with INITIATE
and MAINTAIN as the new interface descriptions being inclusive of the preterm and term
population. Research has shown that Initiation Technology is beneficial for mothers of both
preterm and term infants.
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 The INITIATE program supports pump-dependent mothers to successfully initiate
milk production. The program mimics the irregular sucking pattern, rapid sucking and
pausing, of a term infant in the first days of lactation.
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 The MAINTAIN program is designed to optimize milk output after secretory activation
(milk coming in) has occurred, in order to build and maintain an adequate milk
production. The program has 2-Phase Expression technology that mimics a term
infant’s sucking pattern during established lactation.
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