Instrumented Feeding Bottle for Assessing Oral Feeding Skills

    公开(公告)号:US20190114942A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US16194312

    申请日:2018-11-17

    申请人: Chantal Lau

    发明人: Chantal Lau

    摘要: The present invention relates to system and methods for assessing and improving an infant's oral feeding skills. The system comprises a “smart” baby feeding device comprising an instrumented baby bottle with a battery-powered monitoring module wirelessly connected to a remote device (e.g., smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC, data processing device). The purpose of the remote device is to monitor (in real time) and measure the frequency and quality of feedings of new-born babies to help optimize feeding development by providing real-time feeding performance information back to the caregiver. The information collected is of assistance in minimizing feeding difficulties and correcting feeding deficiencies.

    System and methods for assessing a person's oral feeding skills during oral feeding

    公开(公告)号:US10186169B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15412027

    申请日:2017-01-22

    申请人: Chantal Lau

    发明人: Chantal Lau

    摘要: The present invention relates to systems and methods for assessing and improving an infant's oral feeding skills. The system comprises a “smart” baby feeding device comprising an instrumented baby bottle with a removable, battery-powered monitoring module wirelessly connected to a remote device (e.g., smart phone, tablet, laptop, PC). The purpose of the remote device is to monitor (in real time) and measure the frequency and quality of feedings of new-born babies to help optimize feeding development by providing real-time feeding performance information back to the caregiver. The information collected is of assistance in minimizing feeding difficulties and correcting feeding deficiencies.

    Feeding bottle systems with marks on body, neck, or nipple
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    发明授权
    Feeding bottle systems with marks on body, neck, or nipple 有权
    给身体,颈部或乳头上标记的瓶子系统

    公开(公告)号:US09241878B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-26

    申请号:US14479311

    申请日:2014-09-06

    申请人: Chantal Lau

    发明人: Chantal Lau

    IPC分类号: A61J11/00 A61J9/04

    摘要: Feeding bottle (10) comprising a neck to which a teat (14) is attached, characterized in that it comprises at least two visual marks (20, 22) located on one and the same circumference near the neck or near the teat and separated from one another about the axis of the feeding bottle, one of these marks (20) defining an angular position of the feeding bottle (10) about its axis for which the other mark (22) indicates a point through which the free surface (24) of the liquid contained in the feeding bottle needs to pass in order for the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid at an outlet orifice (16) of the teat (14) to be substantially zero.

    摘要翻译: 喂奶瓶(10)包括连接有奶头(14)的颈部,其特征在于,其包括至少两个位于颈部附近或靠近乳头的同一圆周上的视觉标记(20,22),并且与乳头 这些标记(20)中的一个限定了进料瓶(10)围绕其轴线的角位置,其中另一个标记(22)指示自由表面(24)穿过该点, 包含在进料瓶中的液体需要通过,以便在奶嘴(14)的出口孔(16)处的液体的静水压力基本上为零。

    Systems for monitoring infant oral motor kinetics during nutritive and non-nutritive feeding

    公开(公告)号:US10299718B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15408273

    申请日:2017-01-17

    申请人: Chantal Lau

    发明人: Chantal Lau

    摘要: The present invention relates to a system device and method for monitoring infant oral motor kinetics (OMK), which can be used to assess the functional significance of the different sucking components, i.e., the plasticity of infant sucking skills in relation to their oral feeding performance, at a particular time, during the developmental period and/or during preventive or therapeutic intervention programs. It is a unique system and apparatus that provides a means to study the nonnutritive and/or nutritive sucking skills, i.e., the Suction and/or Expression components of sucking, of infants in the natural setting, i.e., during a normal feeding session. OMK sensors, tracked in real-time by the monitoring system, include miniature pressure transducers, or pressure sensitive pads, attached to the nipple for measuring intraoral pressure pulses during Suction, and for measuring compression/stripping pressure pulses during Expression; and a miniature flow sensor for measuring fluid flow rate, which can be integrated over time to determine the volume of milk removed (bolus) per suck. Other signals, such as respiration, swallowing, thermal, optical, and acoustic signals can be recorded and compared along with the instrumented-nipple signals, in an OMK monitoring system.