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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Michiel Dirk Augustinus Bijloo, Eindhoven, NL;
Rachel Estelle Thilwind, Eindhoven, NL;
Leonardus Maria Poppelier, Eindhoven, NL;
Arnold Aalders, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, unknown;
Abstract
The present application relates to an operating unit for a breast pump system. The operating unit comprises a housing and a vacuum pump received in said housing. The housing has a connector () for attaching a tube and an outer surface () about which a tube can be wrapped. At least a section of the outer surface () is curved so that the tube can be wrapped about the housing without buckling. The outer surface () comprises a recess () and the connector () is located in the recess (), wherein a surface of the recess () distends away from the connector () so that when a tube is attached to the connector (), a portion of the tube proximal to the connector () does not buckle.