Medela Holding Ag

Martin Thüring

Armin Felber

Mario Rigert

Beda Weber

Sebastian Höner

An apparatus comprising a baby bottle () and a bottle top attachment () coupled to the baby bottle () and having a connector () for a breast pump. The apparatus is characterized in that the bottle top attachment () includes a measuring head () with a reservoir () for breast milk and in that the measuring head () includes a sensor unit that is associated with the volume of the reservoir () and that enables determining a parameter of the milk expressed into the baby bottle.

Baby bottle with bottle top attachment

A breast shield unit of a breast pump for expressing human breastmilk includes a breast shield () to be placed onto a mother's breast, a breastmilk collection container () for receiving expressed breastmilk, an adapter () for connecting the breast shield () to the breastmilk collection container () and a valve head (). A breastmilk channel extends from the breast shield () into the breastmilk collection container () through the adapter () and the valve head (). The valve head () includes a valve () which closes and opens the breastmilk channel during the pumping action, wherein a fill level sensor () for measuring a fill level of the breastmilk collection container () is arranged in the valve head (). The breast shield unit according to the invention facilitates a fill level measurement without a structural change of the breast shield and breastmilk collection container. Moreover, it facilitates data interchange with external information storage and/or information processing units.

Breast shield unit

The present invention relates to an apparatus () comprising a connector (), a baby bottle () which can be coupled thereto having a bottle body () and a bottle base (), and a sensor unit () arranged in the bottle base () for determining the filling quantity of milk in the baby bottle (). An object of the present invention is to improve handling and maintenance of the apparatus, as well as determining the content quantity. It is characterized in that the bottle base () is releasably attachable to the bottle body ().

Baby bottle with milk pump

A breast shield unit of a breast pump for expressing human breastmilk comprises a breast shield to be placed onto a mother's breast, a breastmilk collection container for receiving expressed breastmilk, an adapter for connecting the breast shield to the breastmilk collection container and a valve head. A breastmilk channel extends from the breast shield into the breastmilk collection container through the adapter and the valve head. The valve head includes a valve which closes and opens the breastmilk channel during the pumping action, wherein a fill level sensor for measuring a fill level of the breastmilk collection container is arranged in the valve head. The breast shield unit according to the invention facilitates a fill level measurement without a structural change of the breast shield and breastmilk collection container. Moreover, it facilitates data interchange with external information storage and/or information processing units.

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Sins, Switzerland

Martin Thüring