Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen

Arnold Aalders

Jingqi Hou

Paulus Cornelis Duineveld

Paul Aelen

Jozef Johannes Maria Janssen

Roel Alexander Rethmeier

Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk

Hassan El Barakat

Bente De Lat

Franciscus Maria Johannes Van Roemburg

Christian Marie Frans Jozef Senden

In a pump arrangement () for use with a double breast pump device, a first air conduit () and a second air conduit () have a function in connecting respective expression kits () to the pump arrangement (). Each of the air conduits () N is connectable to and disconnectable from a suction side and a discharge side, respectively, of a pump () that is included in the pump arrangement (). Further, the air conduits () are connectable to and disconnectable from each other directly through an intermediate switching mechanism () arranged between the air conduits () at a bypass position with respect to the pump (), so that it is possible to directly transfer vacuum between the air conduits () and to thereby support the functioning of the pump () which may be relatively small for that reason.

Pump arrangement, configured to be used with a double breast pump device

There is provided a pressure oscillation damper in order to reduce the level of the pressure oscillations by the use of for a fluid extraction system. The pressure oscillation damper comprises a wall enclosing a main volume, at least two inlets, arranged in the wall and adapted to be connected to fluid extraction units, at least two outlets, arranged in the wall and adapted to be connected to pumping units, and at least one flexible member, arranged in the first volume so as to divide the first volume into at least two secondary volumes, each secondary volume forming a channel between the at least one inlet and at least one outlet, the flexible member being configured to bend toward a secondary volume having a lower pressure.

Breast pump

The present invention relates to a breast pump () comprising a first pump () and second pump ('), at least one expression kit (&#x2032;), a valve assembly (), and a control unit () for controlling the valve assembly () and/or the pumps (&#x2032;), wherein the control unit () is configured to control the valve assembly () and/or the pumps (&#x2032;) for alternate operation of the first and second pumps (&#x2032;) in dependency of the operation times of the first and second pumps (&#x2032;).

Breast pump and method for operation

The present invention relates to a breast pump () for extracting milk from a female breast comprising an expression kit (), a container () connected to the expression kit (), and a vacuum unit () connected to the expression kit (), wherein the combined volumes of the expression kit (), the container (), the vacuum unit () and the connections thereof define a system air volume, and a vacuum pressure sensor for determining volume changes in the system air volume in response to changes in vacuum pressure.

Breast pump, method and computer program

The present invention relates to a heating device () for heating food () in a container (), in particular milk in a baby bottle. The heating device comprising a chamber () configured to contain a fluid () and to receive the container (), a heating unit () for heating the fluid, a temperature measuring element () for measuring the temperature of the fluid () over time to obtain a temperature profile () over time, and a controller () for controlling the heating unit () based on the obtained temperature profile of the fluid.

Heating device for heating food in a container, in particular milk in a baby bottle

A device for food and/or beverage temperature regulation includes a cooler for providing a cooling mode in which the food and/or beverage is cooled, a heater for providing a heating mode in which the food and/or beverage is heated, and a pre-heating mode in which the food and/or beverage is pre-heated. A controller is configured to control the cooler and heater. The controller is further configured to activate the cooling or heating mode in response to signals indicative of a change in the behavior of a recipient of the food and/or beverage, and to activate the pre-heating mode in response to predicted behavior. The signals may represent sound and/or movement and may originate from sensors, such as microphones and/or radar sensors.

Beverage and food temperature regulation

The present invention relates to a heating device () for heating food () in a container (), in particular milk in a baby bottle, comprising a chamber () configured to contain a fluid () and to receive the container (), a heating unit () for heating the fluid () in the chamber (), a temperature measuring element () for measuring a temperature of the fluid () over a time range, a calculation unit () for determining, for each time point of the time range being a first time point, a temperature difference of the fluid () between the first time point and a corresponding second time point of the time range different from the first time point, the calculation unit () being configured to compare the determined temperature difference to a predefined amount of temperature, and an estimation unit () for estimating an arrival time point, at which a pre-set temperature for the food () contained in the container () is reached, based on the comparison result of the calculation unit ().

Heating device and method for heating food in a container, in particular milk in a baby bottle

The invention provides for a medical instrument () comprising a processor. Execution of machine executable instructions () cause the processor to repeatedly: construct () a measurement vector () comprising multiple data values () using a measurement database (), wherein the multiple data values comprise examination room data () descriptive of the environmental conditions of an examination room () of a magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the multiple data values further comprise technical room data () descriptive of the environmental conditions of a technical room () of the magnetic resonance imaging system; and calculate () a probability () of failure of a gradient coil amplifier () of the magnetic resonance imaging system a predetermined number of days in the future by inputting the measurement vector into a trained neural network program ().

Growing community of inventors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen