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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dana Thompson Link, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anthony M Sacchetti, Weymouth, MA (US);
Lewis H Marten, Westwood, MA (US);
Nicholas Tscalas, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Assignees:
Hood Laboratories, Pembroke, MA (US);
Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606236 ; 606234 ; 600114 ; 128847 ;
Abstract
A device for allowing visual examination of the swallowing of fluids by an infant which includes a nipple mounted housing, a feeding tube for feeding fluid into the nipple, openings in the nipple to allow the fluid to pass or be sucked therethrough, a further opening centrally located in the nipple through which an endoscope is passed to allow for such visual examination.