Breast pump system and a pump arrangement for a breast pump system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsSahil Wadhwa, Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk, Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen
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Abstract
A pump arrangement is provided for a breast pump system having a pump motor assembly and a damping arrangement, providing a coupling between an outer surface of the pump motor assembly and an inner surface of a housing for the pump arrangement. A set of one or more limbs extends outwardly from a frame. For example, cushions are formed by a pair of radially extending limbs and a connecting piece connecting to the pair of limbs. This arrangement provides positioning within the housing as well as damping.
Claims13
A pump arrangement for a breast pump system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a pump motor assembly comprising a pump motor with an axis or a set of pump motors with parallel axes;
- and
- a damping arrangement coupled to the pump motor assembly and providing a coupling between an outer surface of the pump motor assembly and an inner surface of the housing,
- wherein the damping arrangement comprises:
- a frame for coupling to the pump motor assembly, wherein the frame comprises a ring arrangement which:
- extends around the pump motor;
- or
- extends around each pump motor of the set of pump motors;
- or
- extends around an overall assembly of the set of pump motors,
- wherein the frame extends in a plane perpendicular to the axis or set of parallel axes;
- a set of one or more first limbs extending at least partially radially in a direction extending outwardly from the axis or one of the set of parallel axes from outside of the frame, and
- a set of one or more second limbs extending at least partially radially outwardly from an outside of the frame, wherein a connecting piece is present between a pair of first and second limbs spaced apart around the frame, such that a pair of first limbs and second limbs and the connecting piece form a cushion, wherein:
- each of the set of one or more first limbs and each of the set of one or more second limbs is C-shaped, with open sides of a pair of C-shaped limbs facing each other, or each of the set of one or more first limbs and each of the set of one or more second limbs is S-shaped.
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