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

Claim 8:
9. A method for operating the breast pump according to claim 7, the method comprising:
generating the cycles of the alternating increased pressure and reduced pressure in the breast shield to extract milk from the breast of the user,
measuring the elongation of the nipple of the breast received in the breast shield for the specific pressure in the breast shield during the milk extraction session, and
determining the estimated breast emptiness of the breast of the user, the presence or the absence of the 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 the status of the breast of the user based on the elongation of the nipple of the breast of the user.