Breast cup
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Abstract
A breast cup or breast shield, in particular for breast pumps, with a funnel-shaped main body preferably made of electrically non-conducting material. The funnel-shaped body is sized and shaped to contact a breast and includes one or more electrodes incorporated in a wall of the funnel-shaped main body at predetermined locations. Each of the one or more electrodes is provided on an inside face of the funnel-shaped main body with a contact surface adapted to contact the breast skin, is led through the wall and, on an outside face of the funnel-shaped main body, includes an electrical connection contact.
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Citations
44 Claims
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- 16. A breast cup, in particular for breast pumps, with a funnel-shaped main body made of electrically non-conducting material, said funnel-shaped body being sized and shaped to contact a breast, one or more electrodes incorporated in said funnel-shaped main body at predetermined locations, each said one or more electrodes having at least a part extending through to an inside face of said funnel-shaped main body with a contact surface adapted to contact the breast skin, an electrical connection contact with each said one or more electrodes on an outside face of said funnel-shaped main body.
- 18. A breast cup for a breast pump for placing on a mother'"'"'s breast, having one or more sensors arranged in said breast cup adapted for detecting changes in the mother'"'"'s breast during the expression of breast milk.
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28. A method for detecting changes in a mother'"'"'s breast during the expression of breast milk from the breast, comprising:
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providing a breast pump having a breast cup with one or more sensors spaced at a distance from the nipple;
positioning the breast cup on the mother'"'"'s breast during expression of milk; and
measuring changes in the breast by means of said one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A device for detecting one or more parameters associated with breastmilk expression in a human female, comprising:
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a breast shield having an interior part within which a portion of the breast is received including the nipple;
a sensor associated with said breast shield, said sensor adapted to detect a parameter associated with breastmilk expression. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for detecting changes in a mother'"'"'s breast during the expression of breast milk from the breast, comprising:
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providing a breast pump having a breast cup with one or more sensors spaced at a distance from the nipple;
positioning the breast cup on the mother'"'"'s breast during expression of milk; and
detecting changes in the breast by means of said one or more sensors. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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