The Preemie-Pacer Bottle
- What is the Preemie-Pacer?
- An Innovative Approach with the Preemie-Pacer
- Preemie-Pacer Bottle Specifications
- Contact Information
What is the Preemie-Pacer?
The Preemie-Pacer bottle is a feeding device that allows a caregiver to manually control the flow of milk during bottle feeding. The device includes a flow button that enables the caregiver to start and stop the flow of milk without removing the nipple from the bottle.
An Innovative Approach with the Preemie-Pacer
The Preemie-Pacer features a flow button located on the side of the nipple/ cap attachment which enables milk flow. When the button is released, milk is available to flow through the nipple. When the button is pressed, milk flow is stopped. Only light pressure is required to stop the flow of milk.
Preemie-Pacer Bottle Specifications
The Preemie-Pacer bottle has a standard slow flow rate of 0.1ml/second/ 6ml per minute (range of 5-7 ml) when continuously flowing from sucking pressure of 28mmHg to 38mmHg, based on laboratory testing. The Preemie-Pacer nipple and bottle cap attachment weighs approximately 1 ounce and has a straight nipple. This weight does not include the bottle and milk.
The caregiver who is feeding the infant can control whether the milk is stopped (turning the nipple into a pacifier with no ability for milk to be extracted) or is flowing (functioning like a regular bottle) by pushing and releasing the button on the side of the Preemie-Pacer bottle (conveniently located where hand placement typically occurs using a bottle).
Each nipple cap attachment arrives sanitized and ready for use. This is combined with a standard bottle or gradufeeder.
Programmable and Data Collection Preemie-Pacer Device
There is another, more complex Preemie-Pacer device that stops and starts the flow of milk based on caregiver timing or preprogrammed algorithms, which are currently under development using clinical data from high risk infant feeding. This will allow the bottle to be programmed to self pause milk flow in a specific pattern, based on specific infant factors. This device is also a data collection device, capturing the timing that caregivers use for external pacing. A study of 100 infants is nearing completion and will aid in future development of the device.
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Contact Information:
Please email preemiepacer@gmail.com with any questions.
