US 11,883,185 B2
Systems, devices and methods for assessing milk volume expressed from a breast
Joshua Makower, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); John Y. Chang, Los Altos, CA (US); Theodore M. Bender, San Anselmo, CA (US); and Brendan M. Donohoe, Fairfax, CA (US)
Assigned to Willow Innovations, Inc., Moutain View, CA (US)
Filed by Willow Innovations, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,915.
Application 17/378,915 is a continuation of application No. 15/448,716, filed on Mar. 3, 2017, granted, now 11,089,991.
Application 15/448,716 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2015/050340, filed on Sep. 16, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/062,232, filed on Oct. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/050,902, filed on Sep. 16, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338144 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4312 (2013.01) [A61M 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01); A61M 1/0697 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3576 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/60 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1007 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measurement system for assessing milk volume expressed from a breast, comprising:
a measurement device associated with the breast and configured to facilitate measuring changes in breast volume or milk production or consumption; and
a controller wirelessly communicating with the measurement device, the controller configured to calculate one or more of changes in the breast volume and milk expressed from the breast;
wherein a firmness of the breast is assessed to quantify and correlate the firmness of the breast to milk production or expression.