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US 11,033,463 B2Granted
Pacifier fitting system and method
OwnerDavid A. Tesiniinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for fitting pacifiers and other implements to a particular child. One or more images of the child are used to determine anthropometric data that can be used to properly size a pacifier bulb and properly fit other implements.
Claims12
A method of sizing a pacifier bulb that is configured to be held or used in a child's mouth, comprising:
- providing one or more images that capture soft tissue feature of the child's face or head;
- determining, based entirely on the one or more images, the width of the child's palate;
- and
- sizing the bulb based at least in part on the determined width of the child's palate.
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A method of sizing a pacifier shield for a child, comprising:
- providing one or more side view images that capture soft tissue features of the child's face or head;
- determining, based entirely on the one or more images, a mandibular index of the child, wherein the mandibular index is based on an otobasion inferius to soft tissue nasion distance divided by an otobasion inferius to soft tissue gnathion distance;
- and
- sizing the shield based at least in part on the determined mandibular index.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.