METHOD FOR ENSURING INDICATIONS CONCERNING THE NUMBER OF MILK REMAINING IN THE BREAST DURING LACTATION

摘要

1. A method of providing an indication of the amount of milk remaining in the breast during lactation, based on determining the fat content of milk that is expressed from said breast, the method of determining said fat content comprising the steps of measuring the optical characteristic of milk during pumping and comparing said measured optical characteristic with data representing the corresponding optical characteristic of a milk sample having a known fat content for determining the content of Jania fat referred expressed breastmilk, and the indications the amount of milk remaining in the breast, in particular the fat content of expressed moloka.2 said. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes applying an algorithm for determining the fat content of expressed milk based on said comparison of the measured optical characteristics and said corresponding optical characteristics of a milk sample having a known fat content to determine the fat content of said expressed milk. 3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of measuring the optical characteristic of the expressed milk comprises the step of illuminating a portion of the milk using a light source, and using an RGB sensor to detect the color of the expressed milk, and subsequently comparing said measured color with the color of the sample milk having a known fat content for determining the fat content of said expressed milk, which is an indicator of the amount of milk remaining in the breast. 4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the step of measuring the optical characteristic