Patent ID: 9492359
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61J

Claim Text:
1. A medical article adapted for use as a soother, the article comprising a teat portion for insertion into a baby's mouth, and a mouth shield portion adapted to fit over a baby's face around the mouth and serving in use to limit insertion of the teat portion into the baby's mouth; the teat portion extending at an angle from the mouth shield portion and being of sufficient length such that the teat portion is adapted to extend at the angle towards a hard palate in a roof of the mouth when the mouth shield portion is so fitted over the baby's face, whereby a distal end portion of the teat portion is adapted in use to bear against the hard palate in the roof of the mouth; and the teat portion being formed without voids and with an outer surface layer and an inner core, wherein the outer surface layer has a lower Shore Hardness than the inner core, wherein the outer surface layer defines an area extending from the mouth shield portion to the distal end portion, and wherein the inner core is solid and fills the area.