Patent ID: 7422722

Claim:
A nipple sterilizer comprising: a body 10 which has an opening 12 at its lower surface and is to be mounted at a nursing bottle 2 in order that the nipple 6 of the bottle 2 may be inserted through the opening 12 and may be covered thereby; a sterilization lamp 20 which is positioned inside the body 10 and sterilizes the nipple 6 ; an electric power source 30 which is positioned inside the body 10 in order to be connected to the sterilization lamp 20 ; a switch 40 which is electrically connected between the electric power source 30 and the sterilization lamp 20 and makes the sterilization lamp 20 switched on and off; wherein the body 10 is mounted at the nursing bottle 2 and serves as a cap for covering the nipple 6 , and wherein a user may easily sterilize the nipple 6 only if he/she touches the switch 40 at the state that the nipple 6 is covered by the body 10 .