A PUMP ARRANGEMENT, CONFIGURED TO BE USED WITH A DOUBLE BREAST PUMP DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210244863A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US16973470

    申请日:2019-07-01

    Abstract: A pump arrangement (5) for use with abreast pump device comprises a pump element (51), an expression kit air conduit (55) designed to allow for air connection of an expression kit (2) of the device to the pump arrangement (5), a volume element (54) configured to store vacuum in the pump arrangement (5), and a storage switching mechanism (58) arranged between the expression kit air conduit (55) and the volume element (54), configured to switch between a position of direct connection of the expression kit air conduit (55) to the volume element (54) at a bypass position with respect to the pump element (51) and a position of disconnection of the expression kit air conduit (55) from the volume element (54). Through a direct exchange of vacuum between an expression kit (2) and the volume element (54), support of the functioning of the pump element (51) is realized.

    APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A WEARABLE CUFF

    公开(公告)号:US20210121073A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US17041370

    申请日:2019-03-27

    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (12) for use with a wearable cuff (14) in determining blood pressure and/or pulse rate. The wearable cuff (14) is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site of a subject (18). The apparatus (12) is configured to acquire a pressure signal indicative of pressure in the wearable cuff (14) during inflation of the wearable cuff (14) to pressurize the measurement site of the subject (18) and analyze the acquired pressure signal to detect an artifact corresponding to a decrease in pressure during inflation of the wearable cuff (14) due to cuff slippage. The apparatus (12) is also configured to determine the blood pressure and/or pulse rate of the subject (18) by analyzing oscillations in the acquired pressure signal, wherein determining comprises compensating for the detected artifact.

    NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180235488A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-23

    申请号:US15751991

    申请日:2016-09-03

    Inventor: Paul AELEN

    CPC classification number: A61B5/02225 A61B5/02141 A61B5/02208 A61B5/0225

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for blood pressure measurement, the device (12) comprising a pressurizing unit (30), that is arranged to supply, via at least one supply line (32), a wearable cuff (14) which is arranged to pressurize a measurement site (16) of a subject of interest, a pressure detection unit (40) that detects a cuff pressure (p2) in a direct or mediate fashion, a control section (50) comprising a feed forward 5 controller (64) arranged to output a target inflation flow signal based on a desired inflation rate (or pressure), a feedback controller (62) arranged to minimize the error between a target inflation rate (or pressure) and an actual inflation rate (or pressure), wherein the output of the feed forward controller (64) and the output of the feedback controller (62) are combined to drive the pressurizing unit (30), and a blood pressure determination unit (100) arranged to calculate a blood pressure value based on the cuff pressure (p2) detected by the pressure detection unit (40) during inflation when the cuff pressure (p2) is increased by the pressurizing unit (30) in accordance with a defined pressurizing regime.

    METHOD FOR OSCILLATORY NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE (NIBP) MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL UNIT FOR AN NIBP APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20170238824A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15503023

    申请日:2015-08-19

    CPC classification number: A61B5/02225 A61B5/022 A61B2560/0223 A61B2562/0247

    Abstract: There is provided a method for use in cuff-based oscillatory non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement. The method comprises: progressively altering the volume of air in a cuff of a NIBP measurement apparatus during a measurement period; obtaining a plurality of measurements of the flow rate of the air into/out of the cuff during the measurement period; obtaining a plurality of measurements of the air pressure in the cuff during the measurement period; and determining a relationship between quasi-static cuff compliance and cuff pressure by calculating the quasi-static cuff compliance at a plurality of instances during the measurement period, based on the flow rate measurements and the air pressure measurements obtained during the measurement period.

    A PUMP ARRANGEMENT, CONFIGURED TO BE USED WITH A DOUBLE BREAST PUMP DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210369926A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16973467

    申请日:2019-06-26

    Abstract: In a pump arrangement (6) for use with a double breast pump device, a first air conduit (65) and a second air conduit (66) have a function in connecting respective expression kits (2, 3) to the pump arrangement (6). Each of the air conduits (65, 66) N is connectable to and disconnectable from a suction side and a discharge side, respectively, of a pump (61) that is included in the pump arrangement (6). Further, the air conduits (65, 66) are connectable to and disconnectable from each other directly through an intermediate switching mechanism (70) arranged between the air conduits (65, 66) at a bypass position with respect to the pump (61), so that it is possible to directly transfer vacuum between the air conduits (65, 66) and to thereby support the functioning of the pump (61) which may be relatively small for that reason.

    CONTROLLING A WEARABLE CUFF
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210030286A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16968250

    申请日:2019-02-11

    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (12) for controlling a wearable cuff (14) for use in measuring blood pressure, wherein the wearable cuff (14) is inflatable to pressurize a measurement site of a subject (18). The apparatus (12) is configured to initiate the inflation of the wearable cuff (14) at a first inflation speed and change the first inflation speed during inflation of the wearable cuff (14). The first inflation speed is changed at a rate that is limited to a maximum value.

    A DEVICE COMPRISING A BLOOD PRESSURE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190307339A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16345505

    申请日:2017-11-01

    Inventor: Paul AELEN

    Abstract: There is provided a device comprising a blood pressure sensor for sensing blood pressure and a method for controlling the device. An angle of the device with respect to the direction of gravity is determined (202) and a location of one or more features of the user holding the device is identified (204). A height of the blood pressure sensor relative to a heart level of the user is determined based on the determined angle of the device with respect to the direction of gravity and the identified location of the one or more features of the user (206). The device is controlled based on the determined height of the blood pressure sensor relative to the heart level of the user (208).

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