Bottles and jars – Nursing bottles and nipples
Patent
1988-04-19
1989-08-15
Weaver, Sue A.
Bottles and jars
Nursing bottles and nipples
128360, A61J 1104, A61J 1300, A61J 1700
Patent
active
048566632
ABSTRACT:
In connection with a child with a cleft palate and/or cleft lip, a device to allow the child to effectively suck by mouth typically comprising a solid duckbill shaped shield with an incorporated nipple on its underside together with a means of interconnecting the nipple to a baby bottle or the breast. The shield acts to seal the cleft palate while keeping the nipple from collapsing into the cleft palate and cleft lip to allow the infant to suck liquids from a bottle or the breast.
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Lulejian Jerry N.
Weaver Sue A.
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