Peristaltic teat

A pacifier and mouth piece technology, which is applied to rubber pacifiers and other directions, can solve the problems of difficult to clean pacifiers and difficult to achieve peristaltic feeding actions.

Active Publication Date: 2011-06-01
KONINK PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
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The solid construction of these teats creates a tube closure that makes peristaltic feeding action difficult, and the small tubes also mean the teats are difficult to clean

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[0055] now refer to figure 2 and image 3 , shows a teat 10 according to a first embodiment of the invention comprising a hollow outer membrane 12 having a mouthpiece portion 14 and a body portion 16 . An inner core 18 comprising a substantially cylindrical plug is disposed within the mouthpiece 14 and extends slightly into the body 16 . A duct 20 is thus defined between the membrane 12 and the inner core 18 so that milk, in use, flows through the duct 20 from a feeding bottle (not shown) to which the teat 10 is attached and through the opening formed in the mouthpiece 14 away from the main body 16. A plurality of holes 22 in the distal end of the tube enter the baby's mouth. The inner surface of the mouthpiece 14 has a plurality of flanges 24 extending inwardly and along its circumference. Flanges 24 are curved towards the distal end of mouthpiece 14 and are biased against inner core 18 such that the inner perimeter of each flange contacts and seals against the outer surf...

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The peristaltic teat is a cleanable teat which rewards the baby for making the same natural peristaltic tongue movement it makes at the mother's breast. The reward is that the baby gets (more) milk when making the correct movement. The consequence is that the baby will use the same drinking mechanism as at the breast. Hence bottle feeding will become closer to breast feeding which makes the combination of bottle feeding and breast feeding easier.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a teat for a feeding bottle for an infant, and in particular to a teat configured to encourage the infant to use the natural breastfeeding action. Background technique [0002] Many different designs of teats for infant feeding bottles are known. One drawback of known teats however is that their configuration requires the baby to use a drinking technique different from that required when feeding from the mother's breast, since known teats do not provide a milk flow in the same way as the mother's breast. Specifically, when a baby is feeding from its mother's breast, the baby should use the following actions: [0003] 1. Sucking - The nipple, areola, and underlying breast tissue form the nipple. The negative pressure rewards the baby with a small amount of milk. [0004] 2. Peristaltic movement - the baby moves along the teat with its tongue towards its mouth making a peristaltic suction movement. A major part of the...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61J11/00
CPCA61J11/005A61J11/001A61J11/002
Inventor J·T·范德库伊F·R·伍尔奥斯特
Owner KONINK PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
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