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US 2019/0099330 A1Published application
Teat
AssigneeBamed AG
InventorPeter ROEHRIG
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Abstract
A teat including at least a shaft and a nipple, wherein structured surface areas are provided at least in a partial region thereof, and the structured surface areas are formed by at least one rough surface zone having a surface roughness of 100 μm at the most, or 50 μm at the most.
Claims31
A teat comprising:
- a nipple adapted to be received within a baby's mouth;
- shaft;
- and
- a lip abutment region interconnecting the shaft and the nipple;
- the nipple comprising a concave outer surface extending around a circumference of the nipple;
- the lip abutment region comprising a convex outer surface extending around a circumference of the lip abutment region;
- structured surface areas configured to be contacted by the baby's mouth, said structured surface areas formed by at least one textured surface;
- the at least one textured surface extending continuously within and above the concave outer surface of the nipple;
- and
- at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft having a smooth surface, the smooth surface being other than a textured surface.
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A teat comprising:
- a nipple having a circumferentially extending concave outer surface;
- a lip abutment region below the nipple;
- a shaft below the lip abutment region;
- the lip abutment region extending continuously into the shaft;
- at least one rough surface zone having a roughness depth of 10 μm to 50 μm;
- at least one smooth surface zone having a stickiness;
- the at least one rough surface zone having a greater roughness depth than a roughness depth of the at least one smooth surface zone;
- the at least one rough surface zone having a soft, skin-like appearance and feel and a lesser stickiness than the stickiness of the at least one smooth surface zone;
- the teat being transparent or translucent in the at least one smooth surface zone;
- and
- the at least one rough surface zone extending above the lip abutment region and continuously within a length of the nipple within and above the concave outer surface of the nipple to configure the at least one rough surface zone to be positioned to be contacted by a baby's tongue during a feeding or sucking position of the nipple received in a baby's mouth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.