摘要 |
A breathe-through, pacifier device facilitating breathing during nasal obstruction, comprising: a nipple consisting of a nipple head and a nipple neck provided with a front wall; a shield fixedly attached to, or integral with, the nipple neck; an air duct having a first opening at the end of the nipple head and a second opening in the front wall of the nipple neck, wherein an obturating means rotatably mounted on the nipple neck and having an eccentric opening is adapted to assume a first position in which the eccentric opening registers with the second opening in the front wall, and additional positions in which the eccentric opening is out of register with the second opening in the front wall, thereby obturating the air duct. A method for using the breathe-through pacifier and other embodiments of the breathe-through pacifier device are also disclosed.
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