Patent ID: 6526966
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A61J,A61M

Abstract:
A nebulizing apparatus for an infant, comprising:a nebulizer; a gas delivery guide in communication with the nebulizer; and a feeding bottle connected to the gas delivery guide or nebulizer to calm the infant by allowing the infant to feed during use of the nebulizer, the feeding bottle including: a neck, the neck angularly disposed with respect to a longitudinal axis of the feeding bottle by about 20 degrees to about 60 degrees; a cap in communication with the neck; a nipple in communication with the cap, the nipple angularly disposed with respect to an axis perpendicular to a surface of the cap by about 0 degrees to about 5 degrees; and a chamber for holding liquid food, the chamber including a partition dividing the chamber into a first sub-chamber and a second sub-chamber, the partition preventing fluid communication between the first sub-chamber and the second sub-chamber, the partition being angularly disposed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the feeding bottle by about 25 degrees to about 65 degrees, the partition being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nipple, the angularly disposed partition defining an air capture region in the first sub-chamber, whereby the air capture region and the parallel relationship of the partition and the longitudinal axis of the nipple encouraging air introduced into the first sub-chamber during infant feeding to reside in the air capture region to minimize a possibility of air ingestion by the infant during feeding.