US 12,220,505 B2
Method of monitoring an operation of an electric breast pump
Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin, Eindhoven (NL); Jonathan Alambra Palero, Waalre (NL); Lili-Marjan Boelens-Brockhuis, Geldrop (NL); Okke Ouweltjes, Veldhoven (NL); Albertus Cornelis Den Brinker, Eindhoven (NL); and Lucja Elzbieta Segaar, Oirschot (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/053,808
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed May 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/062907
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/228834, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18175349 (EP), filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228788 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/06 (2013.01) [A61M 1/062 (2014.02); A61M 1/0693 (2021.05); A61M 1/0697 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3327 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of monitoring an operation of an electric breast pump using an external smart device having a vibration detection unit, the method comprising:
detecting vibrations emitted from the electric breast pump by the vibration detection unit of the external smart device capturing sound from the electric breast pump;
analyzing the detected vibrations to extract information regarding operation of the electric breast pump;
wherein the information comprises at least one of a mode of operation, and settings of modes of operation of the electric breast pump, and
outputting the extracted information,
wherein the detected vibrations are analyzed in an analyzing unit of the external smart device,
wherein the analyzing comprises comparing the detected vibrations with pre-defined vibration patterns to determine information regarding operation of the electric breast pump, and
wherein, in the analyzing, a spectral analysis of the detected vibrations of the electric breast pump is performed, and a temporal envelope of the detected vibrations in two frequency bands is analyzed.
 
8. A smart device, comprising
a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibrations emitted from a breast pump by capturing sound from the breast pump; and
an analyzing unit configured to analyze vibrations detected by the vibration detection unit to determine information regarding operation of the breast pump by comparing the detected vibrations with pre-defined vibration patterns and by performing spectral analysis of the detected vibrations, and by analyzing a temporal envelope of the detected vibrations in two frequency bands;
wherein the information comprises at least one of a mode of operation or settings of modes of operation of the breast pump.
 
11. A breast pump monitor, comprising
a vibration detector configured to detect vibrations emitted from a breast pump by capturing sound from the breast pump; and
an analyzer configured to analyze vibrations detected by the vibration detector to determine information regarding operation of the breast pump by comparing the detected vibrations with pre-defined vibration patterns;
wherein the information comprises at least one of a mode of operation or settings of modes of operation of the breast pump.