KR20000022510A - Teat, in particular of the comforter type - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device is provided for the treat of the comforter type, which can fill up the sucking desire and can straightly situate a tongue while the child bites the teat. CONSTITUTION: A pacifier of the dummy type comprises a bubble body (18) on which the child sucks, and a stop disc (16) against which the child's lips (22, 24) rest supportingly in the pacifier's position of use. The bubble body (18) and the stop disc (16) are interconnected through an intermediate transition and connecting portion (20) accommodating possible front teeth (26, 28)/gums. The bubble body (18) is given an asymmetrical shape in respect of its connection point on the transition and connecting portion (20), comprising at least one elongate leg (18a) sloping downwardly in its longitudinal direction towards the free end thereof, forming an impact and support face for the adjacent portion of the tongue (34). The stop disc (16) comprises an upper and a lower portion (16a, 16b) somewhat dis placed from each other in the longitudinal axial direction of the pacifier, forming suitable stop and support faces for the child's lips (22, 24).

Description

Baby imitation nipples

In a pacifier-shaped dummy nipple, the free-form upper part of a drop-like body, such as the nipple being bited by the infant, forms an outer facing member that can be placed against the lips of the infant while the infant inserts the entire dummy nipple into the mouth and swallows it. It is equipped with a stop plate, such as a disc, which is intended to be prevented. The outside stop plate is generally equipped with a handle or the like.

German Patent No. 3840178 and U.S. Patent No. 5133740 disclose pacifier nipples having general characteristics and behaviors, wherein a dummy nipple means that mimics a nipple is incorporated in conjunction with each of the dummy nipples. It is suitably designed and formed of two partially coalesced droplets representing a U or V-shaped cavity that freely protrudes from the two droplets freely protruding toward the stationary plate in the non-area region, so that the tongue tip is in the cavity. Will enter. The double curved bellows extend at right angles to the external stop plate, leading to a straight or thick section.

The design and shape of this known imitation nipple keeps it away from the natural course of action or area of the naturally curved tongue, a solution for both of which is the large space in the oral cavity that allows the tongue to ideally stay in the upper part along the arch. It is to be provided. The known dummy nipples on both sides have thick, straight passages between the teeth, which is also wrong and should rather be aimed at forming a wide, thin and obliquely extending passage between the teeth. The tongue can be pushed down towards the lower jaw arch, resulting in "open occlusion".

In the imitation nipple according to German Patent No. 3840178, the droplet-like body of the imitation nipple presses the tongue farther away from its natural position in the arch of the upper jaw, which induces force to the lower jaw and causes malocclusion as described above. .

U.S. Patent No. 5133740 discloses a dummy nipple having various characteristics such as a conventional dummy nipple, when the tongue is placed in the cavity, the tongue becomes unnatural and cannot maintain its position on the ceiling of the mouth. After a long time, it develops a false bite.

The present invention relates to imitation nipples, and more particularly to imitation nipples for infants that can satisfy the desire to suck.

Instead of sucking fingers, the use of pacifiers and imitation nipples has increased significantly over the years, with about 90% of infants exhibiting sucking habits, and about 60% of them using imitation nipples. The habit of using dummy nipples lasts longer than ever before, and it is being investigated that these nipples are used more severely than ever before.

The significant effect of using a dummy nipple in connection with the well-known conventional dummy nipple is that it bites excessively, causing a so-called malocclusion in the future. Is caused. Thus, while the arch of the upper jaw loses its support and is pressed inward by the pressure of the cheeks, the tongue pushes the arch of the lower jaw outward. Recent studies show that 26% of Swedish girls who use imitation nipples are forced to bite, indicating a later malocclusion. (Ogaard B, Larsson E, and Lindsten R, "Sucking habits, cohorts, sex in later malocclusion in Norway and Sweden's three-year-old infant." Stars, width of dental arches and the effects of breast milk and feeding ", US Orthodontics and Orthodontics and Orthopeds, 1994, pp. 1061-1161-1.

Because malocclusion affected by force creates severe misalignments that can greatly deviate from jaw growth and development, the National Institutes of Health must provide enormous costs for treatment. It can give children unnecessary mental strain.

Another serious consequence of the use of a dummy nipple is the so-called "open bite" resulting from thick, straight passages between the teeth required for known dummy nipples.

1 is a side view of a dummy nipple formed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 of the tongue in the use position of the imitation nipple according to the invention as well as the upper and lower mouth

Side view showing the upper and lower jaw with tufts and some teeth,

3 is a perspective view of a dummy nipple viewed obliquely from below.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a dummy nipple which is preferably adapted to allow the tongue to be correctly positioned while biting, so that the tongue is placed along the arch of the upper jaw and can retain its support from the ceiling surface of the mouth. It will be able to withstand the pressure on the cheeks. While the infant is biting the droplet of the dummy nipple, the tongue has the opportunity to reach as far forward as possible in the mouth.

According to the invention this object can be achieved by a dummy nipple of the characteristic type described in the following claim 1.

Additional excellent features of the invention according to claim 1 are defined in the following subclaims, and an additional but important object is to ensure that the dummy nipple is correctly positioned in the mouth, mainly due to the asymmetrical shape of the droplets. do.

Thus, the drop-shaped body of the dummy nipple having the intermediate intermediate connection becomes asymmetrical when viewed from the side (use position), and is formed of a possible double bent flat member having two drop-shaped portions of different lengths, As viewed from the side, the relatively long lower droplets are relatively smoothly connected to the generally short upper droplets formed obliquely on the long droplets.

In particular, this design and shape, which interacts with the new shape of the external stop plate, prevents the tongue from being pushed forward against the lower jaw.

In the correct position of use, the outer end of the elongate lowest droplet of the droplet is preferably located farther from the center of the intermediate connection of the droplet of the connection than the outer end of the short droplet.

The stop plate is generally formed of two halves positioned laterally, in particular in the longitudinal region of the middle child of the stop plate two longitudinal or half portions are asymmetric with respect to the center of the stop plate. The surface extends generally concave across at least a portion of its length, and the corresponding surface of the lower stop plate extends generally convexly at least across a portion of its length. The purpose of this design and shape is to maintain the upper and lower jaws with respect to each other, the lower incisors are placed against the inside of the upper incisors, moreover this position is desirable for the optimal and stable position of the tongue. Intentional and inclined passages of the imitation nipples between the teeth are made, which contributes to preventing the incisors from being placed in the wrong position, while in the position of use, in whole or in most cases, facing the outer mouth of the infant. This shape of the stop plate bent concave laterally across its length (height) likewise contributes to the placement of the dummy nipple in the correct position in the mouth. If the bubble-shaped body of the dummy nipple is misplaced by being rotated up and down by 180 °, the lowermost outer plate part corresponding to the upper outer plate part in the proper structure at this incorrect use position will touch the nose, while The uppermost part of the stop plate, which is lower, undesirably reaches the tip of the jaw, causing the infant to immediately feel discomfort and express his feelings, i.e. spit out a dummy nipple or leave it still in the mouth and switch to the correct position.

In the position of use, the short droplets, which make up the short extension of the bite of the bell, are placed against the front of the palate, behind the front teeth, and interact with the rest of the specially shaped bellows so that the tongue is far from the upper part of the mouth. It is not to be pressed down.

The free end of the elongated bellows is relatively pointed to ensure that the tongue is below the bellows, and the short bellows is relatively flat.

The intermediate intermediate connection is formed in a relatively thin thickness, especially at a relatively large width at about the center, to compensate for the relatively thin thickness, such as the length of the intermediate connection (near the middle between the droplet and the stop plate). In the thin and wide part of the approximately center of the cross section, it is highly desirable to form longitudinally located opposite facing grooves having a cross-sectional shape like a notch. The downward facing grooves that make up the upper groove in the use position receive the incisors in the upper part of the mouth, while the lower upward grooves receive the incisors in the lower part of the mouth.

This intermediate mediation, and in particular of this meaningless thickness, certainly contributes to the tongue being able to reach much further in the mouth while bite.

The stop plate, in particular the outer confining walls, is preferably formed with the ends of the circumference, such as beads, which cause discomfort to the infant when the stop plate or parts thereof touch the lips.

The stop plate or the same parts may be formed of a plurality of laterally bent holes extending through the wall of the stop plate.

Further advantages and features of the dummy nipple formed and designed according to the present invention will be further described below in connection with a possible embodiment without the limitations schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In an embodiment, the dummy nipple according to the invention generally consists of the following parts: an attachment part firmly connected to the stop plate 16 incorporated with the two asymmetric parts 16a, 16b extending into each other's extensions; An optional handle ring 10 is suspended so as to freely rotate in a bearing portion 12 connected or integrally formed with each of 14, in the use position shown in FIG. It extends irregularly and non-linearly between the ends, and the intermediate connection part 20 is mounted between the stop plate 16 and the droplet 18 to support the droplet 18 at its free end.

In the longitudinal center plane (hatched in FIG. 2), the two longitudinal portions 16a, 16b constituting the extensions of each other are approximately staggered with respect to each other and bent toward the droplet 18 at the position of use. The lower portion 16b of the stop plate with surface is farther away from the center of the connection position of the intermediate connection 20 on the stop plate 16 and somewhat further from the imaginary surface through the handle ring 10 suspended vertically in that portion. Away. These stop plate portions 16a, 16b, which are spaced apart from each other, form suitable stop surfaces on the lips of the infant, as shown in FIG. 2, as the upper lip 22 is supported against the top 16a of the stop plate. The lower lip 24 is placed as if it is supported against the lower portion 16b of the stop plate.

3 shows that the stop plate 16 has side-by-side bent holes 26 so that the infant can still breathe when the infant puts the stop plate 16 into his mouth. It is.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the stop plate 16 is curved concave laterally.

The intermediate mediation section 20 is located in the region where the mediation section 20 will be placed in the mouth between the incisors 26 at the top of the mouth and the incisors 28 at the bottom of the mouth, as shown in FIG. It is formed in a size representing a thin thickness and a relatively wide width.

In this area, the intermediate connection 20 in particular shows grooves 30, 32, each of which has two longitudinal sections facing oppositely, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, the upper incisors 26 are guided down and fixed in the grooves 30 which are opened up and down of the upper portion of the upper portion of the intermediate connector 20, while the lower incisors 28 are the intermediate connector 20. The lower groove 32 is shown in a method of being guided up and fixed to the downwardly open groove 32 of the lower portion of the bottom, the lower groove 32 is more in the bell shaped body 18 than the upper groove 30 of the intermediate connection portion 20 It is to be placed closely.

The droplet-shaped body 18 provided at the free end of the intermediate connector 20 is not only concavely angled at the connection position of the droplet-shaped body 18 at the free end of the intermediate connector 20, but also the intermediate connector 20 And an outer surface 18 'which is concave as sideways as possible to the connecting position, this outer surface 18' is a large lower outer surface leading to a much smaller upper outer surface 18b '. 18a '), the outer ends of the entire outer surface 18' extend along an irregular curve, as shown in side views in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Since the lower portion 18a of the droplet 18 has approximately the same thickness from the free end of the outer end to the connection position with the droplet 18 of the intermediate connector 20, the lower portion 18a has a substantially parallel surface. These parallel surfaces are particularly desirable for the position of the tongue in the mouth while bite.

The area of the passageway for the intermediate connecting portion 20 outside of the intermediate connecting portion 20, ie between the teeth, close to the connecting position of the droplet 18 is preferably tilted upwardly obliquely at the use position while being bitten. The tongue contributes to a natural and comfortable position in the mouth, which is particularly desirable in that it prevents malocclusion.

Conventional dummy nipples of the pacifier type often cause false occlusions such as open occlusion and malocclusion at the side, which presents aesthetic and functional problems in young infants, but often infants use imitation nipples. While stopping and correcting itself, the malocclusion is very often transformed into a permanent dentition. As described above, malocclusion is a known imitation nipple presses the tongue to the bottom of the oral cavity, while tongue 34 pushes the arch 36 of the lower jaw outward, while the arch of the upper jaw 38 is the tongue. The support force is lost from 34, and the pressure of the cheek is formed by pressing the dental arch 38 of the upper jaw inward. Imbalances between the width of the upper and lower arches often cause malocclusions. The malocclusion using conventional dummy nipples is often associated with the effects of force on the lower jaw. Beginning at a stage, this results in a severely functionally incorrect occlusion that needs to be prevented from adversely affecting the growth and development of the jaws.

According to the invention, the overall design and shape of the dummy nipple is carried out in that it prevents the development of malocclusion under the influence of the force of the lower jaw of the infant, so that the dummy nipple pushes the tongue down the bottom of the mouth, i.e. The arch of the upper jaw becomes too narrow and the arch of the lower jaw is essentially prevented from becoming too wide. The lower jaw is pushed to one side when the teeth are clenched, whereas the imitation nipple according to the present invention is designed and formed to prevent malocclusion due to the influence of the force of the lower jaw, which is shown in FIG. This is achieved through the special shape, position and placement of the droplet in the mouth relative to the tongue 34 providing a free and natural position and condition. Salivary glands or platoons under the tongue 34 'can be freely positioned without being largely affected by the droplet 18 of the dummy nipple. Essentially, the dummy nipple prevents the tongues 34, 34 'from being pushed down to the bottom of the mouth.

The special design of the stop plate 16, as well as the course of the obliquely upward passage between the front teeth 26 and 28, ensures that the teeth are correctly positioned when the dummy nipple according to the invention is used for longer periods of time. The free end of the outside of the incisors 28 lies on the inside of the incisors 26 above, furthermore allowing the opposite molars 42 and 44 to be correctly positioned and positioned relative to each other.

As shown in FIG. 2, the surfaces 18a ′ and 18b ′ of the droplet 18, which essentially contact the top of the tongue 34, cross at least a portion of its longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. 3. And an approximately elliptical cylindrical shape that is somewhat curved to the side as much as possible, and the detailed design and shape of the droplet 18, particularly its outer surfaces 18a 'and 18b', is consistent with application and experimentation. As will be a matter of application dependent, the droplet 18 has a flat plate-like shape which is asymmetrical with respect to its connection point to the intermediate connection 20 at the adjacent axial end. As described above, this inclined plate portion may be somewhat concavely curved in at least one direction, at least in the form of a double curved, ie, elongated (elliptical) droplet 18. It exhibits a somewhat concavely curved shape, fitted in both the longitudinal and lateral directions across some of the longitudinal directions in (18). However, the use of the resting surfaces 18a 'and 18b' of the droplet 18 for the tongue 34 is not prevented and generally represents a rectangular or circular columnar shape.

The outer surface 18b 'of the droplet 18 can be omitted as much as possible.

As described above, according to the present invention, the present invention provides a dummy nipple which is preferably adapted to properly position the tongue while biting, so that the dummy nipple pushes the tongue under the bottom of the mouth, that is, the arch of the upper jaw becomes too narrow. The lower jaw arch is prevented from becoming too wide, thereby preventing the development of malocclusion due to the influence of the force of the lower jaw of the infant.

Claims (10)

Handle by the hanging member 12 and the attachment portion 14, forming a contact surface for the infant's lips 22, 24, for example in the form of a stop plate, for suckling the infant at one outer end. Opposing member 16 for supporting ring 10, and intermediate connection between connecting the drop member 18 at one axial end and a stop plate 16 or handle ring 10 at the other axial end. A nipple-shaped dummy nipple provided with (20), The drop-shaped body 18 is formed asymmetrically with respect to its connection point at the adjacent end of the intermediate connection portion 20, and forms an area where the opposite portion of the tongue 34 lies, while being inward of the mouth at the use position. A concavely inclined and curved outer surface 18a ', 18b', which is relatively long when viewed from the side and relatively inclined relative to the leg 18a which is inclined downward at the position of use. It may consist of possible double curved plates with short legs 18b, the stop plate 16 having two longitudinals 16a, 16b extending into each other's extensions, one of which is the infant's The upper lip or upper lip area 22, and the other one to lie in the infant's lower lip or lower lip area 24, with the two longitudinal portions 16a, 16b positioned relative to each other. Become, The outer surface (surface toward the droplet-shaped body 18) of the vertical stop plate portion 16b, which is the lowest in the use position, is positioned closer to the droplet 18 than the corresponding outer surface of the upper vertical stop plate portion 16a. Imitation nipple for the baby, characterized in that. 2. The short outer free end of the bell shaped body (18) according to claim 1, wherein the outer free end of the long leg (18a) of the slanted and concavely curved flat plate (18a) extends obliquely upward in the use position. Imitation nipple for infants, characterized in that located farther axially from the connection point of the drop-shaped body 18 of the end of the intermediate connection portion 20 than the end. The surface of the lower longitudinal stop plate portion 16b facing the droplet 18 is convexly curved across a portion of the longitudinal direction, while the upper portion thereof. The corresponding surface of the longitudinal stop plate portion (16a) of the baby imitation nipple, characterized in that it is curved concave across a portion of the longitudinal direction. 4. The outer surface of the lower longitudinal portion 16b of the stop plate 16 is curved most convexly away from the connection point of the stop plate at the adjacent end of the intermediate connector 20. 16. The infant imitation nipple characterized in that the outer surface of the upper longitudinal portion (16a) of the upper longitudinal portion (16a) is most concavely curved in the vicinity of the connection point of the stop plate (16) of the adjacent end of the intermediate connection portion (20). The baby imitation nipple according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the stop plate (16) is formed by concave curved surfaces laterally facing the droplet (18). The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the intermediate connection portion 20 between the droplet 18 and the stop plate 16 is formed in a size representing a thin thickness and a wide width. A baby imitation nipple characterized in that the size viewed from the side, the width is located at a right angle to it. According to claim 6, On both sides of the intermediate connection portion 20 is formed of grooves 30, 32 having a cross-sectional shape, such as a notch, to guide to accommodate the front teeth (26, 28), In the use position, the imitation of the infant, characterized in that the upper open and downward guided groove 30 is farther from the connection point of the droplet-forming body 18 than the lower open and guided groove 32 below. nipple. 8. The lower open and directed groove 32 of the lower part which guides the lower incisor 28 to receive the lower portion of the drop forming body 18 of the adjacent end of the intermediate connection 20. Imitation nipple for infants, characterized in that located in the immediate vicinity of the connection point. 9. The droplet-shaped body 18, the intermediate connection portion 20, the brace portion 12, and the attachment portion 14 according to any one of claims 1 to 8, are made of a single body of the same material. Imitation nipples made with. 9. The intermediary connection 20 at its outer axial end adjacent to the connection point of the droplet 18, i.e. possible front teeth 26, 28 in any of the positions of use. Or imitation nipple for infants, characterized in that the passage of the intermediary connection (20) between the gums follows a path inclined upwards.