HANDHELD CORDLESS NON-NUTRITIVE SUCK ASSESSMENT DEVICE

摘要

A cordless handheld device detects and analyzes orofacial activity based on compressions or deflections of an associated pacifier and oral cavity pressure. The device can receive and analyze data that can be used to train an infant to feed.

主权项

1. A handheld device for a non-nutritive suck assessment of a patient comprising:
a device housing containing a non-nutritive suck assessment system, wherein the non-nutritive suck assessment system comprises:
one or more transducers to determine a pacifier displacement caused by the patient and to generate a first electrical signal in response to at least one compression of a pacifier engaged to the device and determine an oral cavity pressure caused by the patient and to generate a second electrical signal in response to the oral cavity pressure;an analog to digital convertor to convert the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal to NNS data received at a processor of the non-nutritive suck assessment system;memory to store the NNS data collected from the pacifier and a suck assessment application, wherein the suck assessment application includes instructions executable by the processor;one or more switches to control the operation of the handheld device, to control execution of the software application, and to control a display of assessment data on a display device engaged to the device housing;at least one status indicator light; and,a power source.