RU2546288C2 - Feeding nipple - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine and can be used for maintaining the neutral head position at feeding. A nipple (1) comprises a holding rim (2) and a cartridge (3) cone-shaped with a rounded end and a circle at the base (8). The cone has an inclination and a notch, a long lid of which from the rounded end (4) along two generators (6) forms a nipple (5) having a semi-circle in the section and a length limited by the user's palatal length. A transverse cutting the cone not along all the generators forms an areola (7). The nipple (5) and areola (7) join at an angle α. The areola (7) has a length less than the nipple (5), and is inclined at an angle β to the base plane (8) of the cartridge (3).

EFFECT: invention provides the nipple enabling the user passing it into the mouth without lifting the upper lip and the head extension, as well as enables maintaining the natural position of the animal's head at bottle feeding.

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Description

The invention relates to a medical device - a pacifier.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Some nipples have a rounded hemisphere tip. For others, the tip is rounded only towards the upper lip. Such a nipple will necessarily touch the middle of the upper lip, which will cause it to lift and extension of the baby's head. This is the action of the search reflex of the newborn. When feeding in a vertical or inclined position, the child, following a rising bottle, unbends his head more and more, which stretches and relaxes the muscles of the angle of the chin-neck surface. The muscles of the back of the neck respond to this sprain with tension and shortening. Muscle tone changes. It is known that a change in the tone of the muscles of the neck, neck and near-mouth region is the root cause of dentition in children. A symptom of an already existing imbalance in muscle tone is the position of the child’s head in his beloved family photo “baby on the tummy”. Even worse for head position, if the baby is on the ball without support for arms and legs.

In modern concepts of posture, there is no concept of an imbalance in muscle tone, the so-called upper cross syndrome in children, especially in infants. It is believed that a violation of posture - the head extended forward - occurs in older people with chest kyphosis and stooped back, more often in women of the pre- and postmenopausal period. Women are concerned about a cosmetic flaw - a shortened back neck and a widow's hump. Unlike scoliosis, a head extended forward is a reversible deformity of the spine, which is corrected by a well-known exercise. In the description of the exercise there is an illustration representing two types of head tilts: “from the chin” and “from the chest”. The head tilts “from the chest” are performed due to the upper thoracic spine. And it is clearly seen that in the extension of the head "from the chest" the nape takes a horizontal position. And in bending the head “from the chest”, the chin touches the sternum. When aligning the line of sight with this type of bending of the head, a movement is made - the head is advanced. A head extended forward is a symptom of a disturbance in posture. But in the verbal description, bending the head to touch the sternum with the chin, extending to the horizontal position of the occiput is the norm accepted at present. The kid, aligning the line of sight, in a position on the stomach, unbends his head "from the chest." It is known that when the tone of the neck muscles is weakened, the front part of the chest is lowered, which leads to relaxation of the abdominal muscles and to the movement of the pelvis anteriorly and so on. An adult can correct his head extended forward, further control his posture and have health, provided by a balanced muscle tone. In the inclination of the head “from the chin” the nape does not take a horizontal position, and the chin does not touch the sternum. The child can not exercise, can not control posture. Therefore, it is better not to allow or reduce the length of time the child stays with the head inclined at all. This will save the tone of the posture muscles and the health of the child until the time when he will be able to control his posture.

In addition, it is known, “When breastfeeding, the lips close flat in relation to the mammary gland, the back of the tongue is high, the chin muscle is passive, and when artificially fed according to Bondi (1996), the ratios are reversed” - andreeva.net_NaykaLife / privichki.hnm (found The Internet). In the nipples, the back of the tongue encompasses a narrow and rigid leg, the mixture is difficult to remove from it. And in the wider place of the nipples at the mounting edge, it is easier to remove the mixture, but there is the tip of the tongue. Other nipples have a flattening that is most easily detected with the tip of the tongue. In both cases, the mixture displays the tip of the tongue, and the back is at the bottom of the oral cavity, in a low position. The baby takes the pacifier-dummy, also unbending its head, and holding the nipple in the mouth, cannot close its lips flat in relation to it. The tip of the tongue is involved in sucking the dummy, leaving the back in a low position. If you keep in mind that the baby wears a dummy in his mouth, does not sleep all the time, then all this time the nipple affects him negatively.

In the USSR, a prototype nipple was made in the shape of a cone with a rounded end. Capturing such a nipple, the upper lip lifted, while lifting the bottle up, the head was pathologically unbent.

The objective of the invention is the creation of a nipple that can be caught in the mouth without lifting the upper lip and without bending the head to ensure the presence of fluid in the nipple.

Such a nipple will facilitate the care of a bed patient. A person can hold the bottle with one hand, while maintaining the patient’s back with the other hand is not required, which will facilitate care. A nipple of this shape will preserve the natural position of the head of the baby animal when feeding from a bottle.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Before describing the invention, it is necessary to determine the names of the parts of the nipples. The nipple spray is the part of the nipple between the junction with the mounting edge and the end remote from the mounting edge. The base of the nipple spray can is the place where the spray can is attached to the mounting edge.

The problem is solved by making a can in the form of a cone with a slope and a cutout, just cutting the upper part of the tip of the nipple. Cutout restrictions create a flat surface facing the upper lip. The upper lip does not rise, passing such a nipple into the mouth. The inclination of the nipple with respect to the bottle rising up is sufficient to maintain a neutral position of the head until the end of feeding.

Presents a nipple with the characteristics of paragraph 1 of the claims, having a mounting edge and a canister in the form of an inclined cone with a cutout, the longitudinal restriction of which from the rounded end along two generators creates a nipple having a semicircle in cross section, having a length determined by the length of the user's palate, transverse, secant the cone is not in all generators, creates an areola. Closing angle α. The areola has a shorter length than the nipple, is inclined at an angle β to the plane of the base of the spray can and the base is touching. The base of the spray can is a circle. Different angle of inclination of the areola to the plane of the base of the spray can protect the head of the user, who is in an inclined, horizontal and vertical position, from extension. The mounting edge in the nipple for drinking is made to connect to the container, in the dummy nipple - with a protective shield. Additional features and advantages of the present invention are set forth and apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings.

The drawings show:

FIG. 1 is a front view of the nipples of the invention,

FIG. 2 is a side view of the nipples of the invention,

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the nipples of the invention,

FIG. 4 is a view of the nipples for drinking according to the invention at the lips, in comparison,

FIG. 5, 7 - head tilts in comparison with illustration 23,

FIG. 6 - head extended forward and neutral position of the head,

FIG. 8 - an infant with a head in extension due to the upper thoracic region,

FIG. 9 - a child showing his head in extension,

figure 10 is a view of the nipples according to the invention in the form of a dummy soother,

FIG. 11, 12 - head in slopes, in a neutral position.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

In FIG. 1, 2, 3 shows a nipple (1) according to the invention, containing a fastening edge (2) and a can (3), having the shape of a cone inclined with a cutout, the longitudinal restriction of which, from the rounded end (4) along two generators (6) creates a nipple (5) having a semicircle in cross section (section B-B), having a length (10) determined by the length of the user's sky, a transverse, secant cone not along all generators, creates an areola (7). Closing angle. The areola (7) has a shorter length (11) than the nipple (5), is inclined at an angle to the plane of the base (8) of the can (3), and touches the base (8). The can (3) has a circle at the base (8) (section AA).

The nipple in the descriptions of the inventions is inserted into the oral cavity of the child. According to the present invention, the nipple (1) is delivered to the lips of the user. The rounded tip of the nipple (4) - 1/4 of the hemisphere can touch only the lower lip. The lower lip, feeling touch to its middle, passes the nipple (5) of the nipples (1) into the mouth, sinking down, and the head produces a flexion movement. This is the effect of the search reflex of a newborn when touching the middle of the lower lip. The upper lip, remaining flat, moves along the flat surface of the nipple (5) and abuts against the flat surface of the areola (7), which ensures a flat lip closure with respect to the nipple (1). The back of the tongue is in a high position and can exert force when sucking anywhere in the can (3), since there is no expansion or flattening.

In FIG. 4 (right) shows a nipple (1) according to the invention, made by a nipple for drinking, delivered to the user's mouth. It is clearly seen that the can (3) has the shape of a cone, inclined with a notch, and faces the upper lip, the flat surface of the nipple (5). The bottom right of the nipple (1) according to the invention, trapped in the mouth. The head kept a neutral position, the angle of the chin is the surface of the neck straight (88). It is clearly seen that the nipple is tilted relatively to the tank so that the liquid in the nipple is at all times of feeding.

Unlike the left view. The nipple (61), which has a rounded tip, has just been delivered to the lips, causes them to rise, as if preparing for the capture of the nipples (61). At the bottom left is such a nipple (61), trapped in the mouth. You can see that the lips are tense, they are forced to hold the nipple (61) and the corners of the lips, so the chin is tense. User’s head in deep extension, chin angle - neck surface is larger than straight (89). And such a deep extension of the head (89) ensured the inclination of the tank is the same as in the lower right figure (Fig. 4).

In FIG. 10, the present invention of the nipple (1), implemented in a pacifier with a protective shield (12), a hollow can (3) with a circle in the base (8), side view, front view and perspective view. It can be seen that the can (3) has the shape of a cone, inclined with a notch, the longitudinal restriction of which creates a nipple (5), the transverse creates an areola (7). The length (10) of the nipple (5), determined by the length of the user's palate, is greater than the length (11) of the areola (7). Such a pacifier-pacifier satisfies the baby’s need for sucking qualitatively, which makes her a pacifier to soothe.

An exercise to correct the head advanced forward is in the lectures of the specialist of the orthopedic surgeon V.I. Ugnivenko. The applicant sent to the email address the results of the correction in the form of photographs of the habitual holding of the head extended forward (middle and lower rows) and the neutral position of the head of FIG. 6, the position of the head in flexion “from the chin”, “from the chest” from FIG. 7, a, d. Answer: “Good, very good. Pay attention to the upper thoracic kyphosis (widow's hump) ”- confirms that the photo of the head in flexion“ from the chin ”corresponds to that in the illustration - h. It is clearly seen that in the bend "from the chin", the chin does not touch the sternum, the head remains above the neck.

In FIG. 7d bending the head to touch the chin of the sternum is complemented by alignment of the line of sight, exactly as in the far right photo of the middle row of illustrations - h. The head is pushed forward, which is a symptom of a violation of posture. In FIG. 12, photos a, d, bending-unbending the head “from the chin”, made by the applicant; neutral position of the head, photo w, which corresponds to flexion-extension "from the chin" in the illustrations - s, and approved by a specialist. In FIG. 7, photo e - the head is not above the neck - this is a pathology, like photo e, c, which can be compared with the illustration - h. The advice on keeping the head above the neck when looking down is known, but impossible to follow. Muscles that have changed tonus cannot hold their heads above their necks. The compressed back cervical ligament tilts the neck forward, the head bends “from the chest” - d.

An illustration for an exercise with images of pathological flexion-extension of the head "from the chest" has been published for a long time. It is difficult for the applicant to judge why the experts were unable to see that the image of the head in bends and turns is a pathology, and in the verbal description the same tilts and turns of the head are normal. It is also known that the muscles and ligaments of a person can hold an unbalanced head for a short time. It should be obvious that in the depicted turns and inclinations, a person can hold his head for a short time. At the same time, in the same turns and inclinations described by words, one should increase the retention time of the head on the advice of specialists, overcoming pain. Obviously, specialists should give an unambiguous answer, which head tilts are normal, which are pathological.

The working posture of many actions: a large inclination of the spine - the head bends, unbends "from the chest." A healthy person feels pain from overload of ligaments and muscles and can stop the pathological position at the right time. If the muscle tone is changed, a person holds an unbalanced head due to the upper thoracic spine for a long time, which causes a more severe pathological process in the overloaded spine.

The working pose of a hockey player, skater, rugby player and so on is the spine in flexion of 90 or more degrees. Aligning the line of sight, the head bends and unbends “from the chest”, Fig. 11 b Holding his head in the extension "from the chin" - g, the skater will not see the road ahead of him. Is it possible at the training, at the competition to stop the pathological position at the right time, the applicant is not aware.

The child, learning to hold his head, holds it for a long time in extension "from the chest." Therefore, by the age of three months he already has a cervical lordosis sufficient to perform bending and turning his head “from the chest”, as in the illustration - fig. 5 b, c, and also in FIG. 8, 9, FIG. 11b. Obviously, all people can have an increased cervical lordosis. Obviously, a person may not be aware at all about the quality of inspiration-expiration, the state of the vertebral artery, and the spine, achieved with balanced head retention. The mother, having received specialist advice, will help the child to take the correct pose. But the nipple, which causes the extension of the head, will negate the efforts of educators.

References

1. Ugnivenko V.I. “Biomechanics and study of posture”, p. 21-28, “Hygiene, education and correction of posture”, p. 94-96 v.ugnivenko.narod.ru> home3.htm (found Internet).

2. Outpatient orthopedics - exercise therapy - office gymnastics, paragraph 2. v-ugnivenko.narod.ru> met / met3.htm (Internet found).

Claims (1)

A nipple (1) containing a mounting edge (2) and a can (3) having a cone shape with a rounded end, with a circle in the base (8), characterized in that the cone has a slope and a cutout, the longitudinal limit of which is from the rounded end (4 ) along two generators (6) creates a nipple (5), having a length (10), determined by the length of the user's palate, having a semicircle in cross section, a transverse, secant cone not along all generators, creates a areola (7), the angle of closure α, while the areola (7) has a shorter length than the nipple (5) (11) and is inclined at an angle β to the plane of the base (8) onchika (3) and a base (8) concerned.

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