Infant training devices and methods for the use thereof
OwnerLauren Monahaninventor
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Abstract
Infant training devices and methods for the use thereof are disclosed herein. A benefit to the devices and methods herein can be the effective training of an infant to develop the suck-swallow-breathe pattern of nutritive and non-nutritive sucking required for feeding from an infant bottle, or for self-soothing with a pacifier. A further benefit to the devices and methods herein can be providing versatile devices for the use of vibration therapy as an infant training aid for feeding from an infant feeding bottle, or as an infant soothing pacifier.
Claims18
An infant training device comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising a bulbous nipple and a body portion,
- a vibration mechanism connected to the body portion of the mouthpiece,
- a controller capable of controlling the vibration mechanism, and
- a power supply electrically connected to the controller and the vibration mechanism,
- wherein the controller comprises a manual interface having a switch for a continuous vibration mode, a short pulse vibration mode, and a long pulse vibration mode, or one or more buttons configured to toggle to a continuous vibration mode, a short pulse vibration mode, and a long pulse vibration mode.
An infant training device comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising a bulbous nipple and a body portion,
- a vibration mechanism connected to the body portion of the mouthpiece,
- a controller capable of controlling the vibration mechanism, and
- a power supply electrically connected to the controller and the vibration mechanism,
- wherein the vibration mechanism is capable of a vibration range of from about 6000 rpm to about 17,000 rpm;
- or wherein the power supply has a voltage of from about 1.5 V to about 3 V.
A method of training an infant comprising:
- providing an infant training device comprising:
- a mouthpiece comprising a bulbous nipple and a body portion,
- a vibration mechanism connected to the body portion of the mouthpiece,
- a controller capable of controlling the vibration mechanism, and
- a power supply electrically connected to the controller and the vibration mechanism,
- wherein the controller comprises a manual interface having a switch for a continuous vibration mode, a short pulse vibration mode, and a long pulse vibration mode, or one or more buttons configured to toggle to a continuous vibration mode, a short pulse vibration mode, and a long pulse vibration mode;
- contacting the mouthpiece with a lip, a cheek, or a mouth cavity of the infant;
- and
- activating the vibration mechanism by operating the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.