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WO1998025572A1 - Sucette pour nourrisson - unite d'administration de fluide - Google Patents

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WO1998025572A1
WO1998025572A1 PCT/US1996/019597 US9619597W WO9825572A1 WO 1998025572 A1 WO1998025572 A1 WO 1998025572A1 US 9619597 W US9619597 W US 9619597W WO 9825572 A1 WO9825572 A1 WO 9825572A1
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D. E. Crowe
Sarah E. Barron
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J17/00—Baby-comforters; Teething rings
    • A61J17/001—Baby-comforters
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
    • A61J7/0015—Devices specially adapted for taking medicines
    • A61J7/0053—Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
    • A61J2200/00—General characteristics or adaptations
    • A61J2200/40—Heating or cooling means; Combinations thereof
    • A61J2200/44—Cooling means

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  • the invention concerns a unique technique and structural means for facilitating the administration of a medicinal or other dosage of fluid material to an infant.
  • the invention particularly concerns a novel structural adoption of conventional infant pacifier structure for performing this technique in a non-invasive essentially non-irritating manner.
  • the forced feeding of medicines or the like to infants, of any species, can be a nerve - wracking experience and usually produces less than a satisfactory result.
  • One technique which is used is the sudden ejection method wherein a medicine dropper is used to eject the medicine directly and brutally into the innocent, unsuspecting, gaping mouth of the infant. Trauma typically results and a repeat, passive acceptance by the infant of the noxious material should not be expected.
  • Other subterfuges such as mixing the bad tasting substance into the infants milk likewise has its drawbacks, such as, e.g., making your baby hate milk.
  • Objects therefore, of the present invention are: to provide a means for administering medicines or other unpleasant tasting substances to infants whereby the bad aspects of the experience are reduced to a minimum; to provide such a means in a form which is familiar to the infant such that the administration process is substantially unnoticeable to the infant; to provide such means in a convenient form, size and construction which is extremely easy to use, clean, refill and reuse; and to provide such means in an economical and easy to manufacturable form.
  • an infants pacifier - fluid dispenser unit comprising a generally shield - shaped stop member having first and second sides and having aperture means formed laterally therethrough along a generally transverse axis of said member and defined by transverse wall means, nipple means having an inlet end mounted on said stop member adjacent said aperture means and having an outlet end with sucking orifice means spaced from said first side generally along said transverse axis, fluid dispenser means providing fluid reservoir means and having an outlet therefor, said dispenser means being mounted on said stop member and adapted to be operated to place said reservoir means into fluid communication with said inlet end of said nipple means and cause a pressurized flow of fluid from said reservoir means to said nipple means.
  • said wall means is generally of tubular configuration and lies intermediate said reservoir means and said nipple means, and normally closed pressure responsive valve means is provided within said wall means and is openable in response to compression of said bulb means to force fluid in said bulb means through said valve means and into said nipple means and out of the sucking orifice thereof;
  • said nipple means and dispenser means comprises an elongated single element wherein the mid-region thereof being affixed to said stop member within said wall means.
  • valve means is positioned within said wall means and is operative to allow pressurized fluid to flow from said reservoir means into said nipple means;
  • valve means is positioned on said unit at any position intermediate said reservoir means and said sucking orifice means;
  • said valve means comprises an expandable, resilient elastomeric segment having normally closed orifice means therethrough, which orifice means becomes opened upon expansion of said member under pressure applied thereagainst;
  • said valve means is positioned in the outlet end of said bulb means;
  • valve means comprises a pressure rupturable member
  • said dispenser means comprises flexible, resilient bulb means which can be prefilled with any of a large variety of flowable materials, hereinafter termed "fluid", and including, e.g., air or solutions, slurries, or suspensions of medicines, vitamins, food supplements, or the like and wherein said valve means is positioned within the outlet of said reservoir means; and
  • said bulb means is sufficiently resilient whereby upon being compressed and then released, its expansion will generate sufficient suction to draw fluid through said suction orifice means and into said nipple means, whether or not said valve means is present.
  • Fig. 1 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a unitary nipple-bulb dispenser embodiment of the present unit employing a reusable valve means;
  • Fig. 2 is a view as in Fig. 1 of an assembleable nipple and dispenser embodiment of the present unit including a variation of the reusable valve means;
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the unit of Fig. 1 taken along line 3-3 thereof in the direction of the arrows, wherein the dispenser is pressurized and the valve means is opened thereby;
  • Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view as in Fig. 2 showing the valve means in pressure-forced open position with the bulb means compressed;
  • Fig. 5 is a tricuspid form of the valve of Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 6 is a bicuspid form of the valve of Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 7 is a view as in Fig. 4 showing placement of a rupturable, single use valve means in the outlet of the dispenser bulb means ;
  • Fig. 8 is a view as in Fig. 1 with the dispenser bulb compressed and the valve means opened thereby;
  • Fig. 9 shows an alternative connection of the nipple and bulb means to the body means
  • Fig. 10 is a cross-sectional view of prefilled dispenser means useful in the present invention and having an aseptic protective cover;
  • Fig. 11 is an end view taken in the direction of arrow 11 in Fig. 10 with portions of the cap means broken away;
  • Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional view with simplified cross-hatching for clarity and showing the dispenser means in Fig. 10 in actual use;
  • Fig. 13 is a view as in Fig. 12 showing a variation of the connector means for affixing the dispenser means to the body of the unit;
  • Fig. 14 is a view taken in the direction of the arrow 14 in Fig. 10 and showing a plurality of the present units, either empty or with the bulb prefilled, mounted by, e.g., blister packaging on a base; and
  • Fig. 15 is a view as in Fig. 10 showing the use of an adhesive foil sealing tab 74, whether or not the valve 39 is on the bulb or is elsewhere in the unit.
  • the present unit 10 in one preferred embodiment comprises a generally shield - shaped body member 12 having first and second sides 11 and 13 respectively and having aperture means 14 formed therethrough around a generally transverse axis 15, said aperture means being defined by transverse wall means 16, nipple means 18 having an inlet end 20 mounted on said body member adjacent said aperture means and having an outlet end 22 with sucking orifice means 24 spaced from said first side 11 generally along said transverse axis, resilient, compressible bulb means 26 having an outlet end 28 mounted on said stop member and adapted to communicate with said inlet end 20 of said nipple means for allowing a pressurized flow of fluid 30, i.e., liquid or air, from said bulb means to said nipple means upon compression of said bulb means.
  • fluid 30 i.e., liquid or air
  • the wall means 16 is formed preferably to provide annular shoulder means 31, 32 adapted to be contacted by mating annular shoulder means 33, 35 respectively of the nipple means and bulb means for fixing the nipple means and bulb means in position on the body member 12.
  • any of the shoulder means embodiments on either the body member, the nipple means, or the bulb means may be in the form of smooth surfaces which, e.g., when a portion of the elastomeric nipple or bulb means is stretched thereover or thereinto will generate sufficient friction to maintain the nipple or bulb means on the body member against any casual force tending to disconnect them from the body member.
  • the nipple means and bulb means jointly comprise a unitary, substantially hermetically sealed element having a longitudinal mid- region 34 of annular cross section which may be thickened for providing a normally closed sealable valve means 39 having orifice means 41. This valve means is adapted to become opened as shown in Fig.
  • nipple means and bulb means may of course be manufactured as separate items and assembled, e.g. , by plastic welding, adhesive or the like to each other or to a portion of said body to form said element.
  • Either or both of the bulb means or nipple means of the unit can be calibrated with measurement lines to control the amount of medicine to be administered.
  • the medicine is suctioned up into the nipple through squeezing and then relaxing the bulb.
  • the nipple means can be screwed or otherwise affixed to the body means and medicine can be added to the bulb wherein different size bulbs can be used if needed for different doses.
  • the body or stop means 12 rests on the infants lips as it sucks the pacifier nipple and ingests the medicine.
  • the nipple and bulb can attach to the stop member through the aperture 14 by screwing the nipple and bulb together such as shown in Fig.
  • the threaded mating portions 46, 48 of the nipple and bulb means respectively may be thickened to provide sufficient rigidity thereto for making a firm and secure threaded connection therebetween.
  • Medicine or other fluid in the nipple and reservoir means, or only in the nipple, or only in the bulb may be administered by either the baby sucking on the nipple or by squeezing the bulb, or both to facilitate transfer of the medicine into the baby's mouth.
  • the valve means comprises a simple pressure rupturable membrane 40 which may be adhesively secured or plastic welded or the like within the wall means 16 or a portion of the bulb means or nipple means.
  • the dispensing means e.g., bulb means 26 may be provided with a fill port 43 provided, for example, with an adhesive flap cover such as 45 for sealing the fluid contents within the dispenser reservoir.
  • the dispenser may alternatively comprise a fluid containing cylinder affixed at its outlet end to member 12 and provided with a piston type plunger for pressurizing the fluid to be administered through the valve means and through the nipple means, in the nature of a hypodermic syringe.
  • nipple means and dispenser on the stop member can be varied widely, as shown, for example, in Figs. 2, 4, 7 wherein shoulder means 42, 44 are provided on the stop member and the nipple and dispensing means are tightly frictionally stretched thereover.
  • Various other means such as the screw-on structure of Fig. 9 and those of the aforementioned patents may be employed herein for achieving such retention.
  • the bulb means is provided as a separate element of the unit and may be merchandised, e.g., as a prefilled item packaged in a clear plastic, antiseptically sealed blister-type package generally designated by dotted lines 50 and adhesively affixed to a support board 52.
  • the bulb means is specially formed to provide a tubular connector portion 54 provided with internal threads 56 into which a cap means 58 (also body 12) having mating threads 60 may be screwed tightly and sealingly against annular shoulder 62 provided on said connector portion.
  • a cap means 58 also body 12
  • mating threads 60 may be screwed tightly and sealingly against annular shoulder 62 provided on said connector portion.
  • an antiseptic plug 64 of compressible septic and slightly absorbent material such as dense medicinal cotton or the like material be first placed into the tubular cavity 66 whereby screwing down the cap means will highly compact the plug against the valve means 39 and maintain orifice means 41 in a tightly shut condition.
  • Such construction allows the bulb means to be prefilled with a variety of medicines, vitamin solutions, food supplements or the like and maintained in a physically safe and biologically stable condition, particularly where refrigeration is employed.
  • the plug 64 may be affixed to the cap means by mechanical or adhesive means to facilitate its use.
  • the cap means 58 is preferably provided with finger grips such as 68, and the connector portion 54 with equivalent finger grips such as 70 such that the firmly screwed down and hermetically, antiseptically sealed cap means can be readily unscrewed from the bulb means without gripping and squeezing or otherwise mishandling the bulb means and its contents. Removal of plug 64 then allows the prefilled bulb means to be assembled onto the unit as shown in Fig. 12 or 13 depending on the selected location of the threads 56 and 60, and the bulb then compressed as at 72 to eject fluid thru the open orifice means 41 and on into the nipple means.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une sucette pour nourrisson et une unité d'administration de médicament (10) comportant: un corps dans l'ensemble en forme de bouclier (12) doté d'un premier et d'un deuxième côté (11, 13), et un orifice (14) s'étendant à travers ceux-ci autour d'un axe (15) dans l'ensemble transversal, cet orifice (14) étant défini par une première paroi (16); une tétine (18) flexible pourvue d'une entrée (20) et d'un orifice de succion (24) séparé de cette entrée par un espace; un distributeur de fluide, compressible et sensiblement scellé, doté d'une sortie (28). La tétine (18) et le distributeur sont montés sur des côtés opposés du corps, l'entrée (20) et la sortie (28) étant juxtaposées pour permettre une circulation de fluide entre elles à travers un moyen de clapet susceptible de s'ouvrir sous l'effet d'une pression, par lequel le fluide situé dans le distributeur peut être injecté sous pression à l'intérieur de la tétine (18).
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EP2563390A4 (fr) * 2010-04-30 2014-05-14 Allovate Llc Procédes et articles de prévention ou de réduction du risque de développement d'un système immunitaire hyperallergénique
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