Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Eyob Atnafu Amra

Felix Godfried Peter Peeters

Robert Frans Maria Hendriks

Edgar Martinus Van Gool

Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk

Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis

Lars Christian Casper

Marjolein Yvonne Jansen

Tim Tielemans

Alexander Van Rooijen

The invention relates to an apparatus () for collecting information related to operation of a breast pump device () comprising a pump () and a circuit () for supplying electric power to the pump (). The apparatus () is accommodated in a power adapter of the device () and comprises a detection unit () that is configured to detect an electric signal on the circuit () of the device (), a processing unit () that is configured to receive the detected electric signal from the detection unit () and to process the detected electric signal according to a preset routine in order to generate an information signal representative of information related to use of the device (), and a transmission unit () that is configured to receive the information signal from the processing unit () and to transmit the information signal to an external device such as a smartphone ().

Apparatus configured to be used with a breast pump device

A pump device as may be used in a breast pump assembly including a pump configured to put fluid in motion, a housing accommodating the pump, at least one fluid transporting conduit connected to the pump, the at least one conduit extending between the pump and the housing, thereby connecting the pump to a position at the housing where the housing is provided with at least one opening for allowing fluid to pass, and a mounting arrangement for mounting the pump in the housing. The at least one conduit is part of the mounting arrangement and has flexible properties to reduce an extent to which vibrations of the pump are transferred to the housing through the mounting arrangement during operation of the device.

Pump device, comprising a pump and a housing accommodating the pump

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

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