Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Aafje Gijsbertha Koster

Christoph Dobrusskin

Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi

Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis

Gertrude Riëtte Bakker-Van Der Kamp

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Paul Aelen

Robert Alexander Van Eibergen Santhagens

Marc Alexander Pastoors

Dirk Hendrik Wevers

Johannes Cornelius Antonius Muller

Wilhelmus G Ettes

Hendrik Klaas Paauw

Lili-Marjan Brockhuis

Gerben Raap

Marinus Christiaan Hansen

Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre

Peter Hans Van Der Vlis

Roelof Steunenberg

Gerardus Joannes Henricus Roddeman

Frits Last

Richard Pieter Ophof

A breast pump arrangement having an expression kit with a milk flow sensor () is provided. The milk flow sensor () comprises a container () with a first end with a first opening () and a second end with a second opening (). The second opening () allows an outflow of milk with a predefined outflow characteristics out of the container (). The first opening () is larger than the second opening (). A milk amount sensor () is provided to measure a height or volume of milk in the container. A calculating unit () calculates a milk flow based on the height or volume measurements and the predefined outflow characteristic of the second opening ().

Breast pump arrangement

A breast shield arrangement () for a breast pump is provided. The breast shield arrangement comprises a breast receiving portion () with a flexible collapsible funnel () and a rigid frame () which are made as a single unit by 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel () has a circumferentially extending wall (). The breast receiving portion () has a first and second end (). The flexible funnel () and the rigid frame () are connected at the first and second end () of the breast receiving portion () during a 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel () is configured to collapse if a vacuum is applied to the breast receiving portion ().

Breast shield arrangement for a breast pump

A breast shield arrangement () for a breast pump comprises a first sealing portion (), a port () and an intermediate portion () coupled between the first sealing portion () and the port (). The intermediate portion () comprises a circumferentially extending wall defining a first volume (V) which is adapted to receive a part of a breast, a first end (), a curved portion () and a second end (). The curved portion () comprises a second sealing portion () which is adapted to at least partially seal the curved portion () against the nipple (), the areola () or the breast () when a vacuum is applied at the port () creating a second volume (V) between the first sealing portion () of the breast (). The curved portion () at the second volume is curved outwardly as seen from the first sealing portion ().

A device for shaving hairs growing from skin including a base portion having a grip, a shaving head which carries at least one cutting member having at least one cutting edge, and an actuator for effecting a periodical motion of the cutting member relative to the base portion to improve the cutting action of the cutting member. The shaving head is pivotable relative to the base portion about a pivot axis and the periodical motion of the cutting member is a periodical motion relative to the shaving head. The position and orientation of the geometrical path of the periodical motion of the cutting member relative to the skin is well-defined, so that the risk of skin irritations and skin injuries is considerably reduced.

Shaving device with a pivotable shaving head carrying an actively driven cutting member

A portable X-ray detector unit () comprising a detection panel () housed within a cassette (), wherein a margin is provided around the detection panel (), between a peripheral edge thereof and the inner wall of the cassette (), at at least the corners () of the detection panel () such that shock absorption functionality may be provided at at least those corners (), at least one side () of the unit () having little or no margin so as to maximise the active area of the unit () at that side () and enable harder-to-reach areas of a subject () to be imaged.

Portable x-ray detector plate with shock absorption

A vacuum cleaner with a suction nozzle which is coupled to a handle on which a user of the vacuum cleaner can exert a pushing or pulling force for moving the suction nozzle over a surface to be cleaned. The suction nozzle is provided with an electrical drive for exerting a driving force on the suction nozzle, such that the pushing or pulling force to be exerted by the user is limited. According to the invention, the vacuum cleaner comprises a detector capable of measuring the pushing or pulling force, exerted on the handle and an electrical controller for controlling the driving force as a function of the measured pushing or pulling force. The controller controls the driving force in such a manner, for example, that the measured pushing or pulling force remains substantially zero. It is thus possible for the user to move the suction nozzle effortlessly over the surface to be cleaned. In a special embodiment, the handle is coupled to the suction nozzle by an elastically deformable coupling member, while the detector comprises a position sensor for measuring a position of the handle with respect to the suction nozzle.

Vacuum cleaner provided with a suction nozzle with controllable

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Aafje Gijsbertha Koster