WO2001021133A1 - Weaning device - Google Patents
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- WO2001021133A1 WO2001021133A1 PCT/FI2000/000820 FI0000820W WO0121133A1 WO 2001021133 A1 WO2001021133 A1 WO 2001021133A1 FI 0000820 W FI0000820 W FI 0000820W WO 0121133 A1 WO0121133 A1 WO 0121133A1
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- pacifier
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J11/00—Teats
- A61J11/04—Teats with means for fastening to bottles
- A61J11/045—Teats with means for fastening to bottles with interlocking means, e.g. protrusions or indentations on the teat
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
- A61J17/10—Details; Accessories therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
- A61J7/0015—Devices specially adapted for taking medicines
- A61J7/0053—Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
- A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
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- the present invention relates to a weaning device according to the preamble of claim 1.
- a baby bottle is used for feeding small infants
- administration of beverages sweetened with sugar to an infant from a baby bottle when putting the infant to sleep is very detrimental to the infant's teeth
- the infant's saliva production is reduced and active swallow- ing ends
- the last sip of sugar-containing liquid sucked from a baby bottle can remain for a very long time in the infant's buccal cavity thus causing a serious risk of dental decay as the bacteria responsible for caries thrive on sugar
- Even mere milk given from a baby bottle may be deleterious if administered at the instant of falling asleep
- Indications have been found on an increased risk of middle ear inflammation thereupon, particularly if the infant is fed in a supine position, whereby the liquid sucked by the infant can readily reach the higher portions of the oropharyngeal region thus offering a source of nutrition for the ear infection causing microbes residing therein.
- weaning an infant from sucking a sugar-sweetened beveiage from a baby bottle may be difficult Better results can be achieved if the weaning step is earned out using a slow-release pacifier that is filled with a sweetening agent such as xylitol, which is harmless to the teeth
- a sweetening agent such as xylitol
- the parents motivation may be elevated by the verified fact that a sweetening agent administered via a pacifier has a plurality of beneficial health-promoting effects
- sweetening a beverage administered from a baby bottle with xylitol would require so massive dosage that it can upset the function of an infant's intestine
- this problem may be solved by placing xylitol only into the nipple poition of the pacifier, whereby the base opening is capped and the nipple poition is provided with suitable openings
- the infant's own salivary flow will dissolve the xylitol contained in the slow-release device, which xylitol simultaneously will administer slowly into the infant's mouth, yet giving
- Aaltonen and Suhonen have in Their FI Pat Appl No 955 389 proposed the bottle portion of a baby bottle to be replaced by a cap which is adapted sci ewably mountable onto the coupling ring of the baby bottle's pacifier portion.
- the same idea is also implemented in a device known as CAJNNON babysafe Mini-Feeder, wherein the base of the pacifier portion can be capped with a planar plastic plate that is mounted on the coupling ring.
- nipple portions of baby bottles and the above kinds of slow-release pacifier Embodiments are handicapped by a drawback not permitted in pacifiers, namely that the nipple portion can relatively easily slip out from its coupling member if the nipple portion is pulled outwardly or, particularly, if the pulling force is effected from a sideways oblique direction While this disadvantage has not been considered to form a safety risk in daily use, such a shortcoming is most undesirable for prolonged use of a pacifier during the night-time
- Well known in the art is also a slow -release pacifier with a detachable nipple portion that is disclosed in EP patent publication No.
- nipple portion is connected with a holding force compliant to safety regulations by way of compressing a narrow rim of the nipple portion against a cap by means of a relatively complicated and fragile, screwably mountable locking mechanism that cooperates with a separate cap.
- a problem herein is that if the locking of the cap in accordance with the operating instructions of the device remains undone due to Human negligence, the separable parts may land in the infant's mouth thus causing a risk of suffocation
- Alanen and Soderlmg describe the use of the nipple portion of a pacifier or a nursing bottle as a slow-release device in such a manner as to introduce the agent to be administered, not into the nipple portion, but instead as a tablet or a shape-ietaining slow-release dosing unit into a pocket of the hollow nipple portion or a space formed within the sealed nipple portion
- This kind of a design is more difficult to manufacture than such wherein the agent to be adminis- tered is placed in a space formed into the actual nipple portion
- the design proposed by Alanen and Soderlmg bears a risk of permitting the tablet to break into relatively large lumps which may reach the infant's windpipe
- the shape required from the solid clump of dosage also causes a risk to teethed infants of bite against the clump so that the material of the nipple portion, conventionally silicon iubber, is torn
- a slow-release device intended for prolonged use in the mouth must be lightweight to avoid torsional forces that lead to dislocation of the teeth Hence, the bottle portion of the device should be abandoned as soon as the infant is ready to give up its use
- a nipple portion with a closed base should not be left alone into the infant s mouth overnight because of the potential choking risk of the infant in the case that the pacifier with its base should entirely slip into the infant's mouth
- It is an object of the present invention to provide such an accessory for the nipple portion of a pacifier that by virtue of an easily implementable technical solution is capable of overcoming the above-described drawbacks of conventional nipple portions of slow-release devices and baby bottles, simultaneously acting as slow- release device for prophylactic agents and featuring a sufficiently high safety level in use, easy manufacture foi rapid commei ⁇ al deployment at low costs and finding ready acceptability in the gi oup of such infants that can
- the device according to the invention facilitates the use of a conventional nipple portion of a baby bottle in a slow-i elease method whei ein the infant is weaned fi oni the habit of sucking a canes-causing baby bottle liquid with the help of administering small doses of a sweetening agent that is inhibitory to dental caries
- weaning device featui es a positive mdica- tion of the open/closed positions of the cap closing the device
- the holding force imposed on the pacifier is increased substantially inasmuch the detachment of the pacifier requires that the pacifier flange must be pulled off from its clamped position under the ⁇ m of the device cap via a narrow annulai slit l emaining between the clamping plug and the body part of the device
- the insertion length of the clamping plug member serves to almost entirely eliminate the latei ally acting components of pulling forces imposed on the pacifiei that otheiwise tend to detach the pacifier
- the fit between the inner rim of the device base part upper plane and the clamping plug member is so tight that merely this kind of pacifier clamping may be considered reliable as such.
- the simplest embodiment of the closing cap according to the present invention comprises a thin-profile plastic cap adapted to fit on the bottom of the threaded closing ring of a baby bottle so as to become clamped between the flange of the pacifier portion and the mouth of the baby bottle
- This kind of weaning device embodiment can be tested at the transition phase toward weaning from the use of a baby bottle as to find the infant's reaction to the taste of the sweetening agent
- the pacifier base is sealed with a closing cap that has suitable connection means for joining the cap with the base part of the weaning device
- the cap of the slow-release device is designed openable in a manner that an adult but not an infant can manage
- the closing cap can be secured in a sufficiently reliable manner by means of, e.g., an elastic rim of the closing cap flange that is adapted to be slippable in a snap-on manner over the respective shoulder of the body part of the device or by providing the closing cap with a locking catch
- the closing cap may also be secured to the body part of the device by means of a threaded or bayonet connection
- the weaning device is equipped with a guard similar to the inhalation shield of pacifiers The guard is adapted so close to the infant s lips that the torsional forces imposed on the device l emain as small as possible According to CE standards, the guard of
- FIG 1 shows a simple implementation of a weaning device according to the invention to be used in an initial phase of weaning fi om a baby bottle, in a horizontal longitudinal sectional view.
- FIG 2 shows in a horizontal longitudinal sectional view an example of a weaning device according to the invention, provided with a guard and intended to be used after the baby bottle has been given up,
- FIG 3 shows a closing cap of the weaning device of FIG 2 with its flexible connecting strip and connecting ring in a view separated from the other parts of the weaning device
- FIG 4 shows another embodiment of a weaning device according to the invention provided with a guard in a vertically sectional view taken along the median plane of the device, and
- FIG 5 shows the weaning device of FIG 4 in a top view with the pacifier portion removed
- the simple implementation of a weaning device shown therein comprises a pacifier portion 1 of a baby bottle with pacifier coupling member 2 having a closing cap 3 adapted thereto
- the closing cap 3 is formed by a flange portion 3a and a plug portion 5 adapted to fit into the void base part 4 of a pacifier 1
- the agent to be administered which is dosed into a space 7 foi med by the hollow nipple portion 6, is pi evented from escaping towai d the pacifiei base part 4
- the agent to be administered dissolves into the saliva that penetrates from the infant's mouth into the space 7 via openings 8 in the pacifier nipple portion 6 and diffuses thereafter gradually back to the
- the weaning device shown thei ein for use after the infant has given up the baby bottle feeding phase has the nipple portion 1 of the baby bottle's pacifier portion inserted into the body part 10 of the weaning device so that the flange
- the closing cap flange 3a has a fixing nm 18 adapted to slip in a snap-on manner over the uppei shouldei 17 of the body part 10 in oi dei to secure the pacifier 1 in its position
- the bottom edge 5a of the plug portion 5 of the closing cap 3 stays fii mly pi essed against the wall of the conical portion of the pacifier 1 and reaches maximally about thi ee mil metei s fi om the level of the guard 14 toward the interior of the infant's mouth
- the guard 14 is provided with air passage openings 16
- the closing cap 3 is secured to the base part 10 via a flexible connecting strip 13 by means of an elastic fixing ring 19 at the end of said strip, which ring can be pushed over the shoulder of the upper nm 17 of the body part 10
- FIG 3 is shown the closing cap 3 of the weaning device with its fixing ring 19 in a view detached from the weaning device
- FIGS 4 and 5 is shown another embodiment having the upper nm 17 of the body part 10 provided with thiee upwai d-projecting secu ⁇ ng pins 1 1 while the flange 9 of the pacifier 1 has securing holes adapted to cooperate with said pins so as to keep the pacifier 1 firmly in place when the weaning device is set into its closed position
- the weaning device shown in FIG 4 has a contraction 12 made to the base part 4 of the pacifier 1, at the base opening thereof, so that the diameter of the plug portion 5 of the closing cap 3 is relatively small
- the plug portion 5 has pieferably a solid envelope to prevent an infant from sticking a finger therein
- the closing cap 3 has its plug portion 5 firmly pressed against the wall of the conical portion of the pacifier base 4 thereby sealing the dosing space 7
- the locking of the closing cap 3 is secured by means of an elastic nm 18 of the cap to be slipped in a snap-on manner over the upper shoulder 17 of the body part
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU72945/00A AU7294500A (en) | 1999-09-24 | 2000-09-25 | Weaning device |
EP20000960748 EP1225865A1 (en) | 1999-09-24 | 2000-09-25 | Weaning device |
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FIU990406 | 1999-09-24 | ||
FI990406U FI4295U1 (en) | 1999-09-24 | 1999-09-24 | Vieroituslaite |
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PCT/FI2000/000820 WO2001021133A1 (en) | 1999-09-24 | 2000-09-25 | Weaning device |
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FR2996447A1 (en) * | 2012-10-08 | 2014-04-11 | Said Ziani | Pacifier device for baby and children, has silicone tank with variable geometry, where tank is provided with set of openings, and plastic fastener body is equipped with closeable opening for injecting preparation inside silicone tank |
DE102021127249A1 (en) | 2021-10-20 | 2023-04-20 | Uniclaro Trade GmbH | A teat and system comprising a teat and a plug for use as a pacifier |
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GB2296182A (en) * | 1995-05-20 | 1996-06-26 | Hulya Harber | Cleaning device |
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FR2996447A1 (en) * | 2012-10-08 | 2014-04-11 | Said Ziani | Pacifier device for baby and children, has silicone tank with variable geometry, where tank is provided with set of openings, and plastic fastener body is equipped with closeable opening for injecting preparation inside silicone tank |
DE102021127249A1 (en) | 2021-10-20 | 2023-04-20 | Uniclaro Trade GmbH | A teat and system comprising a teat and a plug for use as a pacifier |
WO2023067037A1 (en) * | 2021-10-20 | 2023-04-27 | Uniclaro Trade GmbH | Teat, and system comprising a teat and a stopper for use as a dummy |
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AU7294500A (en) | 2001-04-24 |
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FI4295U1 (en) | 2000-01-19 |
FIU990406U0 (en) | 1999-09-24 |
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