Personalized pacifier and bottle nipple
View Patent ↗Disclosed are artificial nipples and methods of producing artificial nipples. Disclosed are methods of producing an artificial nipple comprising imaging a nipple region of a breast, wherein at least a portion of the breast comprising the nipple region is distorted due to at least a partial vacuum created through motions of lips and a tongue, wherein the imaging provides imaging data of the nipple region; and generating, based on the imaging data, an artificial nipple.
1. A method of producing an artificial nipple comprising:
a) imaging a nipple region of a breast, wherein at least a portion of the breast comprising the nipple region is distorted due to at least a partial vacuum created through motions of lips and a tongue, wherein the imaging provides imaging data of the nipple region, wherein the imaging occurs while a child is actively latched on the breast;
b) generating, based on the imaging data of the nipple region, a digital three dimensional representation of the nipple region of the breast; and
c) generating, based on the digital three dimensional representation of the nipple region of the breast, an artificial nipple.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the artificial nipple comprises a reproduction of the nipple region.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the imaging data is 3D imaging data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating an artificial nipple comprises 3D printing.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the artificial nipple attaches to a pacifier base or bottle.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the imaging comprises an ultrasound or a camera.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the camera is a 3D camera.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nipple is a human nipple.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the artificial nipple is produced for a bottle or pacifier.