Stuffed toy and method for educating children with diabetes
OwnerCarol P. Cramerinventor
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Abstract
A stuffed toy animal is provided for educational interaction with a child learning about medication injection sites. The stuffed toy includes a body having a head, torso, arms, and legs. A plurality of injection regions are disposed at various locations of the body. The injection regions are distinguishable from one another to assist in the child's distinguishable identification of the injection regions. A method is also provided to use the stuffed toy in a game-like manner to assist in the overall educational process.
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A stuffed toy for educational interaction with a child learning about medication injection sites, the stuffed toy comprising:
- (a) a body having a head, torso, arms, and legs, the outer surface of the body being formed of a soft, flexible covering and having a soft, flexible stuffing filled therewithin;
- (b) a plurality of injection regions disposed at varied locations of the body, the injection regions being distinguishable from one another to assist in the child's distinguishable identification of the injection regions, the injection regions including:
- a pair of arm injection regions, each arm injection region being disposed at respective upper back portions of the arms, a pair of leg injection regions, each leg injection region being disposed at respective upper front portions of the legs, a stomach injection region disposed at a lower front portion of the torso, and a buttocks injection region disposed at a lower back portion of the torso;
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- (c) a blood-check-indicator region disposed at an end portion of each of the arms.
A stuffed toy for educational interaction with a child learning about medication injection sites, the stuffed toy comprising:
- (a) a body having a head, torso, arms, and legs;
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- (b) a plurality of injection regions disposed at varied locations of the body, the injection regions being distinguishable from one another to assist in the child's distinguishable identification of the injection regions.
A method of learning about medication injection sites comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a body of a stuffed toy having a head, torso, arms, and legs;
- (b) providing a plurality of injection regions disposed at various locations of the body;
- (c) determining if the stuffed toy is in need of medication;
- (d) selecting an appropriate injection region;
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- (e) administering the medication with a syringe to the selected injection region.
A stuffed toy for education interaction with a child learning about medication injection sites, the stuffed toy comprising:
- (a) a body having a head, torso, arms, and legs, the outer surface of the body being formed of a soft, flexible covering and having a soft, flexible stuffing filled therewithin;
- (b) a plurality of injection regions disposed at varied locations of the body, the injection regions being distinguishable from one another by means of using a different color in each region to assist in the child's identification of the injection regions, the injection regions including:
- a pair of arm injection regions, each arm injection region being disposed at respective upper back portions of the arms, a pair of leg injection regions, each leg injection region being disposed at upper front portions of the legs, a stomach injection region disposed at a lower front portion of the torso, and a buttocks region disposed at a lower back portion of the torso;
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- (c) a blood check indicator region, easily distinguishable from said injection regions, disposed at an end portion of each of the arms.
A method of learning about medication injection sites comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a body of a stuffed toy having a head, torso, arms, and legs;
- (b) providing a plurality of injection regions disposed at various locations of the body;
- (c) determining if the stuffed toy is in need of medication;
- (d) selecting an appropriate injection region by selectively rotating injection regions from previous selections and differentiating between injection regions where each injection region is colored with a distinguishable color from one another;
- (e) administering the medication with a syringe to the selected injection region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.