System employing sensor for detecting non-nutritive sucking events

Disclosed is a pacifier adapted to detect non-nutritive sucking events. The 5 pacifier comprises a nipple, a base attached to the nipple, and a sensor attached to the base. The sensor is adapted to detect non-nutritive sucking events produced by an infant sucking on the nipple. The pacifier further...

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Hauptverfasser:	HONER, PETER D, COHEN, JASON C
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Disclosed is a pacifier adapted to detect non-nutritive sucking events. The 5 pacifier comprises a nipple, a base attached to the nipple, and a sensor attached to the base. The sensor is adapted to detect non-nutritive sucking events produced by an infant sucking on the nipple. The pacifier further comprises an information device attached to the base, the information device operatively connected to the sensor. The information device is adapted to accomplish one or more of receiving, 10 storing, processing, displaying, or transmitting information corresponding to the non-nutritive sucking events detected by the sensor.