Oral Pacifier Patents (Class 606/234)
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Patent number: 12036184Abstract: A pacifier comprising a reusable suction part and at least one exchangeable housing part which are releasably connectable to each other, wherein said suction part comprises a nipple and a shield connected to each other, wherein said suction part comprises a passageway through which a fluid can pass from outside a mouth of a user of the pacifier to inside the mouth of the user of the pacifier, and wherein said suction part comprises at least one first connection device, and wherein said housing part comprises a housing and at least one second connection device which is releasably connectable to the at least one first connection device, wherein said housing comprises at least one heat and moisture exchanger (HME) device and/or at least one filter device.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: VIVOLAB ABInventors: Fredrik Bokvist, Lars Thelin
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Patent number: 11806122Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure include a method of utilizing an oro-motor device to activate an audio device, the method includes providing an oro-motor device having a sensor and a nipple; producing a signal when the nipple portion present in an infants mouth when the nipple portion yields a first measured pressure over an age appropriate predetermined threshold applied to the nipple portion by the infant; responsive to the signal, playing an age appropriate audio recording for a predetermined duration on an audio device; and raising the age appropriate predetermined threshold to a raised threshold proportionally to a difference between the first measured pressure application to the nipple portion and the age appropriate predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's HospitalInventors: Nathalie Linda Maitre, Olena D. Chorna
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Patent number: 11793730Abstract: A method and apparatus can include: a shield; a shaft coupled to the shield; a nipple coupled to the shaft; and a membrane coupled between the shield and the shaft, the membrane providing a retracted configuration creating a storage cavity for the nipple based on the shaft being pulled away from the shield, and the membrane providing an extended configuration with the nipple exposed and extended past the shield based on the shaft being pressed toward the shield and the membrane inverting from the retracted configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventors: Jennifer Wynh, Olivia Blechschmidt
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Patent number: 11730681Abstract: Provided herein are novel instruments for oral engagement with mammals (e.g., toddlers, pets, or people with special needs), such as for relieving infant or toddler sucking stress (e.g., pacifiers, teething rings, and pet toys), which contain an adhesive material positioned in an interior area of the instrument and that allows the instrument to be securely attached to a support device comprising a counter-adhesive material with a strength that maintains the suspended position of the instrument (prevents falling), but also releases to the instrument upon application of a manual physical force (e.g., pull) of the user; as well as related systems and methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Christina Cognata Smith
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Patent number: 11426331Abstract: The present invention relates to a pacifier for infants used to comfort infants. More specifically, a silicone tube body (10), into which or from which air can be injected or discharged such that an infant feels the silicone tube body like a breast of the infant's mother when touching the silicone tube body, is coupled for use to a nipple-shaped nipple unit (50) by a secure coupling unit (30), and thus, due to the infant's touching of the silicone tube body, not only emotional security as if the infant were in the bosom of the infant's mother can be provided but also the development of the infant's brain can be beneficially stimulated, in comparison with traditional plastic pacifiers.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Inventors: Jin Souk Yang, In Sook Ha
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Patent number: 11413221Abstract: This device will be a nipple that will soothe a child while providing soft noise for the child as well as providing perhaps educational material at the request of the parent. The sound itself can be emitted through a speaker and can be done wirelessly through a variety of wireless means. Alternatively, a chip may also be used to store various sounds that can be changed at the request of the user either remotely or locally. Because the parent will want to know when the child falls asleep, the noise from the device will automatically shut off once the child has stopped sucking on the pacifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Inventor: Chris Coleman
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Patent number: 11324668Abstract: A pacifier for an individual, the pacifier including a shield, a handle extending from a first side of the shield, and a nipple extending from a second side of the shield. The handle defines a longitudinal axis and the nipple is inclined downwardly with respect to the longitudinal axis. A shelf connects the nipple to the shield. In different configurations the shelf includes varying widths and in other configurations the shelf width is different than a width of the nipple. A core extends from the handle, through the shield and into the nipple.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Ortho-Tain, Inc.Inventor: Earl O. Bergersen
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Patent number: 11241368Abstract: A smart pacifier that performs various functions via smart device connection and application is disclosed. In all of its iterations, there is the ability to put the parent in Bluetooth or other iteration of wireless connection with the pacifier so that each of the features of the pacifier can be accessed through a smart device application, permitting each of them to be operated while the parent is out of sight of the child, and for the pacifier to shut down remotely based on direct sensory interaction with the child.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Inventors: LaToya Shontay Thomas, Larry Anthony-Quinn Thomas
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Patent number: 11103424Abstract: A pacifier device includes a body. A first arm extends from the body. A first sucker is coupled to a distal end portion of the first arm. A second arm extends from the body. A second sucker is coupled to a distal end portion of the second arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: David Adam Hornthal, Erica Joy Hornthal
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Patent number: 10888503Abstract: A baby pacifier having a means to sense when it is dropped from an infant's mouth. The invention being comprised of a conventional, flexible pacifier with an onboard drop sensor therein. When the pacifier is dropped and contacts the ground or floor, the device senses the resulting vibration and sends a small audible sound along with a flash from a light emitting diode (LED) to notify the parent it has been dropped. Other embodiments of the invention can include different forms of notifications when they are dropped—for example, some can vibrate; some can activate when hearing a parents voice, a baby's cry, or to clapping. Still other embodiments allow parents to customize their own sound notifications when the device is dropped. An object of the invention is to minimize lost pacifiers by getting a parent's attention when the pacifier falls from an infant's mouth so they can recover it.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Inventor: Inga Londeree
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Patent number: 10786585Abstract: A light delivery system and method are provided to promote a photochemical reaction for disinfecting a surface. The system includes a light source and a light diffusing element operatively coupled to the light source and further embedded within a surface to be disinfected. The light diffusing element outputs light to the surface to promote a photochemical reaction to disinfect the surface. A low scatter light transmission medium may further be coupled between the light source and the light diffusing element to transmit light from the light source remotely to the light diffusing element.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Edward John Fewkes, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Cynthia Jean Wilson
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Patent number: 10772533Abstract: An adaptive audio therapy system which detects and processes one or more individuals' conditions to provide adaptive, continuous audio therapy in real-time. The adaptive audio therapy system generally includes a detection device that is typically in physical contact with an individual, such as a pacifier or steering wheel. The detection device may include sensors to detect various conditions of the individual, such as heart rate, respiration rate, temperature, and the like. A computing device receives and processes the various conditions detected by the sensors. Based on the detected conditions, the computing device provides audio therapy which is adaptive to the condition of the patient and which is continuously adapted in real-time.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Inventor: Walter Werzowa
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Patent number: 10751261Abstract: A hygienic pacifier includes an annular folding structure formed on a substantially spherical shield that joins a nipple to a faceplate and that is movable between a recoiled storage position in which the shield substantially surrounds the nipple and an extended use position in which at least a portion of the nipple projects through the nipple access opening and is exposed for use. The annular folding structure may be used to bias the shield to remain in the extended use position when the shield is placed in the extended use position. Further, in some instances, the annular folding structure may be configured to provide a bias that may be overcome by a moderate impact to the pacifier such as an impact associated with dropping the pacifier.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: DODDLE & CO., LLCInventor: Janna Badger
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Patent number: 10507168Abstract: The invention is concerned with a musical teether for infant. It has a body member including one or more regions or projections on which an infant can bite in use for soothing purpose and a musical unit. The body member is configured to receive or otherwise accommodate the musical unit which is removably engageable with the body member. The teether further has means for transmitting vibrational musical signal from the musical unit to the body member for onward transmission to teeth of the infant, then to jaw bones and skull of the infant, and then to ear bones of the infant, such that the infant can, while biting on the teeth, receive vibrational musical signal arisen from direct vibration on the ear bones of the infant.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: KAR KOI LEUNGInventor: Kar Koi Leung
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Patent number: 10285912Abstract: A pacifier that simulates the natural shape, structure and consistency of a mother's breast. The pacifier includes a teat portion with a nipple and areola attached to a mouth shield. The teat portion has a length such that it bears against the hard palate of a baby in use.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Inventors: Jane M. Molina, Joy M. Williams
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Patent number: 10206856Abstract: A pacifier system is configured for administering fluid to an infant. The system includes a pacifier having a supple nipple, a mouth guard, and a syringe coupler configured to removably attach to a syringe. A passageway extends through the pacifier and attaches to a standard oral syringe for expelling fluid from the syringe into the passageway of pacifier and into a mouth of an infant.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Agnes Scoville
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Patent number: 10195118Abstract: A pacifier (1) is provided which comprises a nipple (2) and a shield (3) made of an elastic material. The shield (3) comprises two stable mechanical states: one in which the shield (3) acts as a shield and another in which the shield (3) acts as a nipple cover. The shield (3) is transformable from one stable mechanical state to another upon an impact to the shield (3).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Jacco Christof Eerden
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Patent number: 10143631Abstract: A pacifier comprising a guard, having a first surface and an opposing second surface, the second surface having a threaded connector, a nipple attached to and outwardly extending from the first surface of the guard, a detachable cleaning component, having an opening and an interior surface, and a plurality of bristles attached to the interior surface and extending inwardly, where the opening is configured to receive the threaded connector, sealingly connecting the guard and the cleaning component. A method of using the pacifier comprising separating the guard from the cleaning component, inserting the nipple into the cleaning component through the opening, moving the nipple within the cleaning component, such that the bristles contact the nipple, removing the nipple from the cleaning component; and sealing the cleaning component to the guard.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Inventor: Marie Bosco
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Patent number: 10137060Abstract: An improved infant pacifier includes a nipple configured to trigger an infant's sucking reflex so as to provide a tool for nourishment and also a calming effect for an infant. An extension depends from a distal end of the nipple to a retainer portion that extends proximally from the extension and is spaced from the nipple. The retainer portion terminates in a proximal contact pad. When the nipple is in the child's mouth, the contact pad engages the child's skin under the chin. Preferably a biasing force gently urges the contact pad toward the nipple, maintaining engagement with the child's skin, and helping retain the nipple in the child's mouth even without any effort on the child's part to retain the nipple. Various specific structures of pacifiers employing these principles are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Inventor: Pedram Mizani
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Patent number: 9987197Abstract: A teat with a base and a hollow and flexible mouthpiece protruding from it with a palate contact area, characterized in that the mouthpiece has a planar thinning area fully or partially extending over the palate contact area, in which the mouthpiece has a smaller wall thickness than in its adjacent areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MAPA GMBHInventor: Eckhard Itzek
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Patent number: 9895293Abstract: A nipple shield containing a luminescent agent that illuminates for visibility in darkened conditions. The nipple shield has a nipple portion and a base portion that extends from the nipple portion formed of a resin material such as silicone that contains the luminescent agent, such as a photoluminescent pigment. The base portion or an outer annular part can contain the luminescent agent. The nipple shield or only the base portion can be a formed film that has a resin material layer that contains substantially no luminescent agent, and a layer that contains the molded resin material and the luminescent agent. An illuminating nipple shield can also be a nipple shield rim containing the luminescent agent that conforms and adheres releasable to the base portion of a conventional nipple shield.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Inventor: Amber Michelle Blank
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Patent number: 9770394Abstract: A baby feeding pacifier includes a mounting base in the form of a mouth shield and a pedestal formed on the mouth shield, an annular seat affixed on the pedestal, a support member in the form of an elongated pole also affixed on the pedestal and extending beyond the annular seat, a hollow nipple that has pores between interior and exterior surfaces thereof and inserts into an installed position on the pedestal about the annular seat and the support pole, and a body configured to provide a material adapted for human consumption within and accessible through the pores of the hollow nipple and that seats on the annular seat and fits about the elongated support pole.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Inventor: Erik Velazquez
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Patent number: 9744103Abstract: A generally triangular teething apparatus incorporating slots is provided for receiving and securing a cleaning cloth. The teething apparatus includes a body portion having a teething portion, a cross-bar and a rear bar. A first slot is defined between the teething portion and the cross-bar while a second slot is defined between the cross-bar and the rear bar. The rear bar includes a top flexible bar or flap and a bottom flexible bar or flat that define a third slot therebetween and oriented transverse to the second slot. The teething portion is provided with a series of bumps for therapeutic purposes. There is also method of attaching a cleaning cloth to the teething apparatus by threading the cleaning cloth through the slots.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Inventor: Chad Ricker
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Patent number: 9744104Abstract: A teething device for exercising gums and deciduous teeth. Two hollow receptacles sealingly mate to form a body of the teething device. A plurality of hollow knobs extend outwardly from the receptacles. The hollow interior of each knob is in a fluid communication with the interior space of the teething device. The teething device may be filled with a cold liquid to cool the exterior surfaces of the knobs. The liquid may be periodically discarded, and the hollow interior of the teething device may be refilled with a liquid of a predetermined temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: University of South FloridaInventors: Mark William Weston, Catherine Mary Maurer
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Patent number: 9707158Abstract: A modular pacifier assembly having a modular mouth guard assembly including a nipple. The modular mouth guard assembly includes a mouth guard shield and a removable mouth guard plate that interconnects into the mouth guard shield.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: MUNCHKIN INC.Inventors: Sung Yun Chan, Matthew Joseph Saxton
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Patent number: 9704663Abstract: An accessory may be provided with a button controller having a microphone and switches. Plastic structures for the accessory may be formed by injection molding. Plastic structures may be molded around a printed circuit and wiring. The wiring may have a plastic jacket. The molded plastic structures may bond with the plastic jacket to retain the wiring. The molded plastic structures may be molded directly to the printed circuit board. Protrusions on the molded plastic structures may mate with openings in a metal clip. Housing structures may be mounted to the metal clip. The metal clip may be provided with a spring to short the metal clip to a trace on the printed circuit. The metal clip may also have a portion that receives electrostatic charge during electrostatic discharge events and that discharges the charge through the spring to the trace on the printed circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Craig M. Stanley, Kurt R. Stiehl, Michael J. Webb
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Patent number: 9625328Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a pacifier having a base section, an upper mouth member extending from the base section, a sublingual member extending from the base section, and a transition section connecting the upper mouth member and sublingual member. The upper mouth member is configured to be positioned adjacent a roof of a mouth of a user when in use. The sublingual member is configured to be received in a sublingual pocket of the mouth of the user located below a tongue. The transition section has a profile that defines a pocket configured to receive a portion of the tongue of the user, thereby opening the sublingual pocket and positioning the sublingual member of the pacifier in the sublingual pocket of the mouth. A temperature sensor is fitted to the sublingual member so as to acquire a body temperature of the user from the sublingual pocket.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: David A. Guerra
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Patent number: 9492359Abstract: A medical article resembling a soother has a teat portion for insertion into a baby's mouth and a mouth shield portion adapted to fit over the baby's face around the mouth and serving in use to limit the extent of insertion of the teat portion into the baby's mouth. The teat portion is of sufficient length and extends from the mouth shield at an angle towards the hard palate in the roof of the mouth when the shield is so fitted whereby a distal end portion of the teat portion is adapted in use to bear against the hard palate in the roof of the mouth. The teat portion is formed without voids with a relatively soft surface layer and a relatively harder inner core.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Inventor: Nicola Jane Bateman
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Patent number: 9320975Abstract: A combination soother-toy device includes a soothing device such as a pacifier, a toy such as a plush animal character, and a coupling that removably attaches them together. In some embodiments, the coupling includes a transverse tab and a transverse opening that couple and decouple by a transverse motion. In this way, the axial pulling motion and forces that babies often apply to the toy when holding the pacifier in its mouth do not cause the components to separate. In some embodiments, the tab (transverse or not) is retained on the toy by a primary attachment such as stitching and a secondary retainer for redundancy as a safety feature. For example, the secondary retainer can be a tether attaching the tab extension arm to the toy, or wings extending from the tab extension arm laterally beyond the toy opening through which the extension arm extends.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: KIDS II, INC.Inventors: Christopher McClintock, Brittany Elson, Bradford Reese
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Patent number: 9295616Abstract: A teether is provided wherein the teether includes a base, a first member, and a second member. The first member may be integrally formed on a first side of the base. The second member may also be integrally formed on a second side, opposite the first side of the base. The first and second members each include a first area which extends in a substantially perpendicular direction from the base. The first and second members also each include a second area which extends in a substantially perpendicular from the first area.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Mello & Company, LLCInventor: Chrysoula Kellogg
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Patent number: 9271900Abstract: A hygienic pacifier is set forth. The pacifier includes a base section having a nipple extending therefrom. The base section has a cross-sectional thickness. A substantially spherical recoil shield section is integrally formed with the base section. The shield section forms a wall having a cross-sectional thickness that is thinner in cross section than the cross-sectional thickness of the base section. The wall has recoil properties due to the spherical geometry of the shied section. The wall forms a shield around the nipple when recoiled.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventors: Janna Badger, Beau Oyler, Jared Aller
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Patent number: 9173819Abstract: A music pacifier (100) includes a pacifier frame (101) and a nipple (102) which locates at the one side of the frame and a container (106) locates on the other side of the frame. Within the container (106), there is a music IC & power supply (108), an insulating house (109), and a vibrating transducer (110). The insulating house (109) made of soft material is used to insulate the vibration produced. The vibrating transducer (110) is used to convert the pre-stored music into vibration. It locates in the above-mentioned house and connects with the above-mentioned music IC. There is also a vibrating tongue (111) which is used to pass the vibration produced by the above-mentioned vibrating transducer to an infant's jaw, including a contacting part (114) of the above-mentioned vibrating transducer which locates in the above-mentioned house as well as a tongue (113) which protrudes from the above-mentioned house and extends into the above-mentioned nipple.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Inventor: Elton Yu Man Leung
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Patent number: 9162813Abstract: A pacifier holder and protector for protecting a pacifier from dirt and other contaminants includes a pouch, a clip connected to the pouch that can be used to connect the holder to an infant's clothing or other item, and a ribbon having one end connected to the pouch and a second end that can be connected to a pacifier. An alternative embodiment of the holder and protector includes an animal character, fictional character, or other object having a built-in pacifier nipple protector connected to a clip or article of clothing and an optional ribbon or strap having one end connected to the clip of other article of clothing and a second end that can be connected to a pacifier.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Inventor: Lorri B Noble
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Patent number: 9095501Abstract: A soother comprising a teat and a shield is constructed by co-molding the teat and the shield and over-molding the teat material on the shield material. As a result a secure bond is formed and a simple and easily cleanable soother is provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Jackel International LimitedInventors: Paul Schofield, Arnold Rees
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Publication number: 20150148843Abstract: A liquid dispensing pacifier having interchangeable components is provided. The pacifier includes a hollow, porous nipple secured to a shield and having a base thereon for attachment to other components. The nipple can be disposed directly on the opening of a baby bottle for feeding, or to a syringe to facilitate administration of medicine. Alternatively, the pacifier can be secured to one end of an elongated straw and the straw can be threaded through a lid secured to a baby bottle and disposed within the liquid content therein. In this way, a baby can suck on the pacifier to draw liquid from the bottle without having to hold the bottle. Additionally, the straw can be secured to the pacifier, and the pacifier can be attached directly to a baby bottle to feed a baby in the conventional manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventor: Justin Turley
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Publication number: 20150142053Abstract: Pacifier having a shield having a brace forming a circumferential outer frame on both sides of a central fixing portion having a teat opening, so that on both sides respectively one or two large-area openings are provided between the fixing portion and the brace, and respectively one further brace forming an inner frame is provided in these openings, wherein regions of the brace of the outer frame and of the brace of the inner frame, which are adjacent to one another at least in sections are not connected to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: Peter ROHRIG
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Patent number: 9028531Abstract: Pacifier having a shield having a brace forming a circumferential outer frame on both sides of a central fixing portion having a teat opening, so that on both sides respectively one or two large-area openings are provided between the fixing portion and the brace, and respectively one further brace forming an inner frame is provided in these openings, wherein regions of the brace of the outer frame and of the brace of the inner frame, which are adjacent to one another at least in sections are not connected to one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Mam Babyartikel Gesellschaft m.b.H.Inventor: Peter Rohrig
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Patent number: 8979896Abstract: This application discusses systems and method for entraining oromotor pattern development, such as the suck, in the orofacial system of an infant having neurological impairments or developmental disabilities. The system includes a baglet, an entrainment device, and a processor. In varying examples, the system additionally includes one or a combination of: a baglet pressure sensor, a memory, a timing circuit, a valve, a receiver assembly, a display device, and one or more data acquisition, data analysis, and stimulus-control software. Options and variations for each feature of the system are various. The present systems provide patterned, rhythmic stimulation to the infant's orofacial system to stimulate and entrain brain development, such as oromotor pattern development.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignees: University of Kansas, Regents of the University of ColoradoInventors: Steven M. Barlow, Donald S. Finan, Rajesh Vantipalli, Raghavendra Shantha
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Patent number: 8945182Abstract: Methods and devices for orally administering fluids and medical instrumentation to individuals for the promotion of health are disclosed. An apparatus is described comprising a pacifier configured to hold fluid and configured for sucking. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a balloon positioned within a cavity of the pacifier. The balloon is configured to facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the cavity and to limit a user's ingestion of air. In other embodiments, the apparatus includes a cartridge or ampoule configured to store a fluid and expel the fluid through the pacifier. Systems are disclosed which include the pacifier apparatus, a known quantity of fluid or powder, and sterile packaging. Other systems are disclosed whereby various attachments, both medical and non-medical, couple to the apparatus. Methods of using and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Pedia Solutions, LLCInventors: Robert Bradley Oates, II, Brian Paul Brock, Cory James Spivey, Dee L. Conger
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Patent number: 8906061Abstract: A device (1) for protecting a pacifier (2) includes: —a housing (3) for the pacifier, the pacifier having an external position where the pacifier is outside of the housing, the pacifier having an internal position where the pacifier is situated inside the housing; —an orifice (6) allowing the pacifier (2) to move from its internal position to its external position and from its external position to its internal position; and —elements (4, 40) for applying a return force (5) to the pacifier, the return force drawing the pacifier from its external position to its internal position. A method employed in this device is described. The pacifier is thus protected from dirt, germs and microbes and therefore the hygiene of the pacifier is improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Idea' Inov SASInventor: El-Miloud Boughalem
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Patent number: 8834525Abstract: An infant pacifier has a temperature sensitive material mounted on the front forming a “mood stone”. The front of the pacifier would change color based on the body temperature of the infant using the pacifier. The pacifier includes a metal strip or other temperature conductive material that connects to the metal frame of the mood stone and wraps around to come in contact with the baby's lips when the baby is sucking on the pacifier. The metal strip carries the heat from the baby to the stone, facilitating color change as the child's temperature changes.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Inventors: Cara L. Thornton, Gary Thornton
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Patent number: 8833575Abstract: Teats adapted to be placed in an infant's mouth, comprising a nipple comprising at least one perforation adapted for the flow of a liquid, an areola, and an isthmus joining the nipple to the areola, wherein the nipple comprises asymmetrical palatine and lingual parts and the isthmus joins the nipple and the areola in a manner adapted for the correct positioning of lower and upper jawbones during use, and further wherein the teats are adapted to allow controlled expulsion and flow during use. Also disclosed are feeding bottles comprising such teats and feeding systems comprising such feeding bottles.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Inventor: Francois Fave-Lesage
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Publication number: 20140221917Abstract: Methods and devices for orally administering fluids and medical instrumentation to individuals for the promotion of health are disclosed. An apparatus is described comprising a pacifier configured to hold fluid and configured for sucking. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a balloon positioned within a cavity of the pacifier. The balloon is configured to facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the cavity and to limit a user's ingestion of air. In other embodiments, the apparatus includes a cartridge or ampoule configured to store a fluid and expel the fluid through the pacifier. Systems are disclosed which include the pacifier apparatus, a known quantity of fluid or powder, and sterile packaging. Other systems are disclosed whereby various attachments, both medical and non-medical, couple to the apparatus. Methods of using and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: PEDIA SOLUTIONS LLCInventors: Robert Bradley Oates, II, Brian Paul Brock
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Publication number: 20140188168Abstract: Pacifiers having a softer shield component for comfort and safety and a harder shield component for structural integrity. Baby bottle nipples and pacifier baglets having harder portions and softer portions, and raised portions as a teething aid. A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventor: Nouri E. Hakim
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Publication number: 20140121702Abstract: The present invention innovates in a labeled oral accessory such as pacifier and bottle for the purpose of indicating the baby's name or other desirable personal information on those elements according to this invention. The present invention is Method and device for an oral accessory such as pacifier and bottle consists or build in the following order: a nipple, nipple base or holder fastening for the nipple, a transparent closer attaching to and on to the nipple holder part or back base, a connecting members that enabling a connecting of letters or numbers to part or to the back part of the holder in a pacifier or to the nipple base or holder in bottle, to create the inventions object of connecting an identification element such as letters or numbers or forms or shapes to the accessories mentions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Inventors: Shay Ezra, Yishay Ashkenazy, Maxim Yosef Gvili, Eli Shomroni
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Patent number: 8696705Abstract: Pacifiers having a softer shield component for comfort and safety and a harder shield component for structural integrity. Baby bottle nipples and pacifier baglets having harder portions and softer portions, and raised portions as a teething aid. A multistage baglet system for a pacifier and a multistage nipple system. Baglets and nipples with bumps thereon are initially provided to accustom a baby to the use of such baglets and nipples. Subsequently, baglets and nipples with bumps are provided to assist the baby with teething.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Luv n' care, Ltd.Inventor: Nouri E. Hakim
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Patent number: 8651108Abstract: An oxygen delivery apparatus for delivery of oxygen to an infant from a source includes a mouthpiece having a body portion and lip-engaging flange portions which surround the body portion and a nipple which extends to one side of the central body portion for acceptance by the mouth of an infant. The body portion of the mouthpiece includes a pair of internal passageways each having an inlet and an outlet and wherein the inlets of the passageways are adapted to accept oxygen delivered thereto from a source and wherein the outlets of the passageways are disposed at locations along the surface of the mouthpiece so that when the nipple is accepted by the mouth of an infant, the outlets of the passageways are disposed adjacent, but not within, the nostrils of the infant.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Inventor: Brian M. Albano
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Patent number: 8636768Abstract: A pacifier having a nipple, which can be fastened to the pacifier guard with a stem-shaped end, wherein on the pacifier guard a fastening part that is or can be connected to the pacifier is provided on a side provided for placing the lips thereon such that the pacifier is connected to the pacifier guard when the fastening part is fastened to the pacifier guard.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Mam Babyartikel Gesellschaft m.b.H.Inventor: Peter Rohrig
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Publication number: 20140005722Abstract: A pacifier tether includes an elongated member having a first attachment unit secured onto one end and a second attachment unit secured onto the other end. The ends and the attachment members forming a pair of loops for removably engaging external items.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: JENNIFER WHELAN
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Patent number: 8603140Abstract: A sanitary product includes a substrate having a binder, at least one of a cross-linking agent and a curing agent, and an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Inventor: Nicole Nipp