Patent ID: 11944730
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A breast status determination device comprising:
a breast shield for receiving a breast of a user therein,
a nipple elongation measurement unit configured for measuring an elongation of a nipple of the breast received in the breast shield for a specific pressure in the breast shield during a milk extraction session, and
a breast status determination unit configured for determining an estimated breast emptiness of the breast of the user, a presence an absence of a milk ejection reflex, or the estimated breast emptiness of the breast of the user and the presence or the absence of the milk ejection reflex of the breast of the user as a status of the breast of the user based on the elongation of the nipple of the breast of the user.