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Method and a device for monitoring milk volume during breast feeding

  • US 5,827,191 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1996
  • Issued: 10/27/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for monitoring a volume of milk during breast feeding comprising:

  • (a) applying over a nipple area of the breast an elastic nipple shaped cover having holes positioned above the nipple area for milk passage to a baby'"'"'s mouth, wherein at a bottom of said cover, in a space between the nipple and the elastic cover holes, there is a micro measurement volume sensor for measuring the milk volume which flows therethrough;

    (b) converting data from said micro measurement volume sensor into a calibrated volumetric equivalent corresponding to milk volume data indicative of the milk volume; and

    (c) displaying the milk volume data on a display monitor.

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