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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Aelen, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk, Best, NL;
Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen, Malden, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A pump arrangement () for use with a breast pump device comprises a pump element (), an expression kit air conduit () designed to allow for air connection of an expression kit () of the device to the pump arrangement (), a volume element () configured to store vacuum in the pump arrangement (), and a storage switching mechanism () arranged between the expression kit air conduit () and the volume element (), configured to switch between a position of direct connection of the expression kit air conduit () to the volume element () at a bypass position with respect to the pump element () and a position of disconnection of the expression kit air conduit () from the volume element (). Through a direct exchange of vacuum between an expression kit () and the volume element (), support of the functioning of the pump element () is realized.