Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koninklljke Philips N.v.

Doortje Van De Wouw

Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate

Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen

Kiran Hamilton J Dellimore

Susanne Maaike Valster

Jozef Hubertus Gelissen

Edwin Heijman

Aleksey Anatolievich Kharin

Sanne Nauts

Aikaterini Karagkouni

Annerieke Heuvelink-Marck

Anna Santagostino Barbone

A breast pump device () comprises an expression kit () and a vacuum unit () configured to realize a pressure cycle in the expression kit (). For a purpose of determining one or more milk expression characteristics such as total volume of expressed milk, the device () is equipped with an acoustic milk expression assessment system () including an acoustic sensor () and a processor () configured to process an acoustic signal received from the sensor () during operation of the device () when a receptacle () is used with the device () for receiving expressed the milk. By recording sound during a pumping session, it is possible to determine a value of a time duration of a free fall of droplets of expressed the milk from the expression kit () to the receptacle (), which can be taken as a measure of a number of interesting milk expression characteristics.

Breast pump device comprising an expression kit, a vacuum unit and a milk expression assessment system

Entertainment provided to a patient during a conscious medical procedure is adaptively created and updated such that the length of the entertainment matches the length of the medical procedure even if the length of the medical procedure is extended or shortened while it is ongoing.

Adaptive entertainment content length during medical procedures

Presented are concepts for monitoring walker usage by a subject. One such concept obtains movement data comprising values of detected movement of an arm of the subject for a first time period during which the subject is determined to have transferred between first and second locations the first time period. It is determined if the subject used a walker during the first time period based on a measure of variance in the values of detected movement of the subject's arm during the first time period.

Monitoring a subject

According to an aspect, there is provided a fall detection apparatus, the fall detection apparatus comprising one or more processing units configured to obtain a first input indicating which one or ones of a plurality of fall detection algorithms have detected a potential fall by the subject, wherein each fall detection algorithm of the plurality of fall detection algorithms is associated with a respective type of fall and detects a potential fall of the associated type by analysing a set of movement measurements for the subject, wherein each respective type of fall has an associated initial state of the subject; obtain a second input indicating the status of the subject prior to the potential fall, wherein the status of the subject is determined by analysing a set of measurements from one or more sensors in the environment of the subject; compare the determined status of the subject prior to the potential fall to the initial state for each type of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input; and output an indication that the subject has fallen if the determined status of the subject matches the initial state of any of the respective types of fall associated with any potential fall indicated in the first input.

Fall detection apparatus, a method of detecting a fall by a subject and a computer program product for implementing the method

A concept for monitoring a subject employs: a first sensor output signal representative of detected air pressure; and a second sensor output signal representative of a detected property of at least one of: the subject; and the environment. A dressing activity of the subject is determined based on the first sensor output signal and the second sensor output signal. Information about a dressing activity of the subject may, for example, be useful for the purpose of assessing the subject's physical and/or mental abilities.

Monitoring activity of a subject

A skin treatment device () comprises: &#x2014;a housing (); &#x2014;a treatment action performer () arranged within the housing () for performing a treatment action on the user's skin () through an output window (); &#x2014;a speed sensor () for sensing a relative speed between the housing and the user's skin; &#x2014;a control device () provided with an associated memory () containing information defining a desired displacement speed, the control device receiving an output signal from the speed sensor; &#x2014;an optical speed deviation indicator system () comprising a position reference () and means for generating an optical spot () of variable position with respect to the position reference. The control device controls the optical speed deviation indicator system on the basis of the output signal received from the speed sensor and the information in its memory.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Doortje Van De Wouw