TECHNOLOGIES FOR MONITORING BREASTFEEDING

• US 20160183602A1
• Filed: 12/27/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Tomer Rider
• Inventors: Rider, Tomer, Taite, Shahar, Ron, Aviv
• Granted Patent: US 9,968,140 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/005 specially adapted for specific purposes prosthetic brassieres A41C3/148
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/04 for nursing mothers nursing clothing in general A41D1/215
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4288 mammary secretions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/06 Milking pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/067 with means for hands-free operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/50 with microprocessors or computers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

Technologies for monitoring breastfeeding include a smart breast support garment computing system of a breast support garment. The smart breast support garment computing system includes a use sensor and a latch sensor. Further, the smart breast support garment computing system is to determine whether the breast support garment is in use based on the sensor data generated by the use sensor and a state of a breast latch of the breast support garment based on sensor data generated by the latch sensor. The smart breast support garment computing system further records one or more breastfeeding events in response to a determination that the breast support garment is in use and the breast latch is open.

Claims

1. A smart breast support garment computing system of a breast support garment for monitoring breastfeeding, the smart breast support garment computing system comprising:

a latch sensor to generate sensor data indicative of a state of a breast latch of the breast support garment;

a use sensor to generate sensor data indicative of whether the breast support garment is in use;

a context determination module to determine (i) whether the breast support garment is in use based on the sensor data generated by the use sensor and (ii) the state of the breast latch of the breast support garment based on the sensor data generated by the latch sensor; and

a recording module to record one or more breastfeeding events in response to a determination that the breast support garment is in use and the breast latch is open.

2. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the breast support garment is in use comprises to determine a state of a latch of the breast support garment.

3. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the breast support garment is in use comprises to determine whether the breast support garment is in use based on sensor data generated by a temperature sensor positioned on the breast support garment.

4. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the breast support garment is in use comprises to determine whether the breast support garment is in use based on sensor data generated by a skin sensor positioned on the breast support garment.

5. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein the context determination module comprises a power control module to provide power to components of the smart breast support garment computing system in response to a determination that the breast latch is open.

6. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to record one or more breastfeeding events that occur between a point in time at which the breast latch is opened and a point in time at which the breast latch is closed.

7. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to record at least one of a time or duration of breastfeeding.

8. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to record the one or more breastfeeding events to a removable memory device positioned on the breast support garment.

9. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, further comprising a communication module to transmit recorded data to a remote computing device for analysis.

10. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein the smart breast support garment computing system is attachable to and detachable from a non-smart breast support garment.

11. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein the smart breast support garment computing system is physically secured to the breast support garment.

12. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein the context determination module is further to determine whether a breast pump is in use;

and

wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to distinguish breastfeeding an infant from the use of the breast pump.

13. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 12, wherein the breast pump is a smart pump;

and

wherein to determine whether the breast pump is in use comprises to establish a communication pairing with the smart pump.

14. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 12, wherein to determine whether the breast pump is in use comprises to analyze sensed audio data.

15. The smart breast support garment computing system of claim 1, wherein the context determination module is further to:

determine a breast pressure of a wearer of the breast support garment, the breast pressure indicative of an amount of breast milk stored by a corresponding breast of the wearer; and

notify a user of the breast support garment in response to a determination that a threshold pressure has been reached.

16. One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a smart breast support garment computing system, cause the smart breast support garment computing system to:

determine whether the breast support garment is in use based on sensor data generated by a use sensor of the smart breast support garment computing system;

determine a state of a breast latch of the breast support garment based on sensor data generated by a latch sensor of the smart breast support garment computing system; and

record one or more breastfeeding events in response to determining that the breast support garment is in use and the breast latch is open.

17. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein to determine whether the breast support garment is in use comprises to determine a state of a latch of the breast support garment.

18. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to record one or more breastfeeding events that occur between a point in time at which the breast latch is opened and a point in time at which the breast latch is closed.

19. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein to record the one or more breastfeeding events comprises to record the one or more breastfeeding events to a removable memory device positioned on the breast support garment.

20. The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the smart breast support garment computing system to power components of the smart breast support garment computing system in response to a determination that the breast latch is open.

21. A mobile computing device for analyzing breastfeeding data of a smart breast support garment, the mobile computing device comprising:

a data analysis module to (i) receive breastfeeding event data from the smart breast support garment and (ii) analyze the received breastfeeding event data to determine a feeding routine of an infant; and

a user interface module to present results of the analysis to a user of the mobile computing device.

22. The mobile computing device of claim 21, wherein to receive the breastfeeding event data comprises to receive breastfeeding event data from the smart breast support garment based on an established communication pairing with the smart breast support garment.

23. The mobile computing device of claim 21, wherein to receive the breastfeeding event data comprises to retrieve event data from a removable memory device of the smart breast support garment.

24. The mobile computing device of claim 21, wherein the data analysis module is further to (i) receive recorded data from a smart breast pump and (ii) analyze the received recorded data from the smart breast pump and the received breastfeeding event data to determine a feeding routine of an infant.

25. The mobile computing device of claim 21, wherein the data analysis module is further to (i) receive recorded data from a smart bottle and (ii) analyze the received recorded data from the smart bottle and the received breastfeeding event data to determine a feeding routine of an infant.