Apparatus for fluid administration to an individual

A pacifier system for administering fluid to an infant, comprising:

• a pacifier having a supple nipple, a mouth guard, a connector, and a syringe coupler configured to removably attach to a syringe, wherein only a single and sole passageway extends through the nipple for fluid to pass into a user's mouth via the nipple, the passageway having an entryway in the region of the syringe coupler and an exit way in a tip of the nipple;
• a standard oral syringe having a tubular body defining an internal volume for containing a liquid medicant, the syringe further having plunger that slides through the internal volume to expel fluid medicant out of an orifice in the tubular body, the syringe further having a coupler element that removably attaches to the syringe coupler of the pacifier to place the internal volume of the syringe in fluid communication with the passageway of the pacifier device;
• a single tube that defines the entire, single passageway and that extends through the nipple, the tube having a first end with a first opening that forms at least a portion of the entryway of the passageway in the region of the syringe coupler and a second end with a second opening that forms the exit way of the passageway in the tip of the nipple, wherein the first end of the tube terminates at the mouth guard, wherein the single tube is supported structurally by the pacifier only at the first end and at the second end of the single tube;
• the connector, which connects and secures the tube to the nipple, the mouth guard and the syringe coupler such that components of the system align along a common axis and connect along the common axis, wherein the axis co-axially aligns with a straight axis of the tube;
• wherein the plunger can be actuated to expel fluid from the internal volume of the syringe into the passageway of the pacifier and into a mouth of an infant when the syringe is attached to the pacifier and the nipple is in the mouth of the infant,
• wherein the syringe coupler is positioned in direct contact with the mouth guard.