Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for regulating the operation of a milk pump by applying a vacuum by means of a vacuum source operatively coupled with a control for controlling the operation of the vacuum source and aims to provide such method for pumping milk form the breast of a nursing mother which is able to provide sufficient yield of milk without adversely affecting the breast tissue properties by controlling the operation of the vacuum source such that the control receives a signal indicative of a volume flow (V) of milk and adjusts at least one of the following operational parameters of the vacuum source: vacuum strength, cycle frequency or shape of vacuum profile over time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a breast pump including a breast shield adapted to at least in part receive a breast of a lactating user, an aggregate for generating a cyclic suction profile according to vacuum curves for expressing milk from the breast, a milk container providing a reservoir for the expressed milk, a controller for controlling the aggregate.

Abstract: A breast pump shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra with an outer shell and a breast shield element including a nipple tunnel adapted to receive a nipple of the lactating mother, which breast pump provides sufficient space within the outer shell for arranging the functional components of the breast pump within the outer shell while meeting the anatomical circumstances posed by the user of the breast pump. The outer shell of the breast pump projects a frontal orthographic plane that is shaped like an oval, which oval is defined by a convex boundary encircling three circles, a first top circle, a first bottom circle and a second bottom circle, wherein a radius (RB) of the of the first bottom circle and a radius (RB) of the second bottom circle are equal and the ratio of a radius (RT) of the first top circle to the radius (RB) of the first or the second bottom circles is between 0.3 and 0.8.

Abstract: A method for managing breast milk expression including providing an expected milk yield over time; expressing milk and measuring the expressed milk yield at a given time; comparing the measured milk yield at the given time with the expected milk yield at the given time and generating an alarm if the measured milk yield is lower than the expected yield.

Abstract: A Method for regulating the Operation of a Milk Pump The present invention relates to a method for regulating the operation of a milk pump by applying a vacuum by means of a vacuum source operatively coupled with a control for controlling the operation of the vacuum source and aims to provide such method for pumping milk form the breast of a nursing mother which is able to provide sufficient yield of milk without adversely affecting the breast tissue properties by controlling the operation of the vacuum source such that the control receives a signal indicative of a volume flow (V) of milk and adjusts at least one of the following operational parameters of the vacuum source: vacuum strength, cycle frequency or shape of vacuum profile over time.