AN IMPROVED PACIFIER AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF

摘要

An improved pacifier and method of use thereof. The pacifier includes an artificial nipple to stimulate sucking when inserted in a mouth of a patient. The nipple is hollow and includes an interior volume serves as a channel of fluid communication between a first aperture and a second aperture. The first aperture is open to the interior volume of the nipple and the mouth. The second aperture is open to the interior volume of the nipple and an outside environment. The pacifier further includes an air flow valve with a first operational state in which the channel of fluid communication is closed and a second operational state in which the channel of fluid communication is open. The pacifier is constructed so that sucking causes the air flow valve to assume the first operational state while cessation of sucking allows the air flow valve to assume the second operational state.