Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Johannes Josephus Blaak

Arnold Aalders

Wilko Westerhof

Anke Gerda Sinnema

Wiecher Ferdinand Kamping

Cornelis Johannes Janson

Jeroen Molema

Marijn Kessels

The present application relates to a breast pump system. The breast pump system comprises a vacuum path for creating a pressure reduction on a breast. A pump unit generates and releases a pressure reduction in the vacuum path, and comprises a vacuum pump (). A leakage aperture () is configured to allow a controlled release of a pressure reduction in at least part of the vacuum path so that the pressure reduction in at least part of the vacuum path is released in the event that the pump unit fails to release the pressure reduction in the vacuum path. The vacuum pump () has a discharge port () for discharging air drawn from the vacuum path, and the leakage aperture () is disposed proximate to the discharge port () so that airflow discharged from the discharge port () is directed over the leakage aperture ().

Breast pump system

A cartridge for an appliance for personal care, such as skin, dental or hair treatment includes a main body, a dispensing structure for dispensing a substance, such as a liquid, a paste or a gel, and a cartridge detachably connected to the main body. The cartridge bounds a reservoir space for holding the substance to be dispensed and includes a flexible wall part bounding the reservoir space for allowing reservoir space volume to accommodate to a volume of the substance filled therein and volumes of the substance dispensed therefrom; a rigid wall part also bounding the reservoir space, and a rigid housing. The flexible wall part is connected to the rigid housing along a contour of the rigid wall part.

Cartridge for an appliance for personal care and an appliance comprising such a cartridge

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Sint Michielsgestel, Netherlands

Johannes Josephus Blaak