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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Xin Chen, Eindhoven, NL;

Xiaoxin Wang, Eindhoven, NL;

Renjun Yu, Eindhoven, NL;

Huanhuan Zhang, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G01N 33/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61J 13/00 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01); G01N 21/59 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0059 (2013.01); A61B 5/4288 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); A61B 10/0045 (2013.01); A61J 13/00 (2013.01); A61M 1/06 (2013.01); G01J 3/50 (2013.01); G01N 21/31 (2013.01); G01N 21/59 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/00 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of providing an indication as to the amount of milk remaining in a breast during lactation based on a determined fat content of milk that has been expressed from said breast is disclosed. The method of determining said fat content comprises measuring an optical characteristic of milk following expression and by comparing said measured optical characteristic with data representing a corresponding optical characteristic of a sample of milk having a known fat content to determine the fat content of said expressed milk which is indicative of the amount of milk remaining in the breast.


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