US Patent Issued to The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital on June 17 for "Utilization of infant activated audio player" (Florida, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,505, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, Ohio).

"Utilization of infant activated audio player" was invented by Nathalie Linda Maitre (Columbus, Ohio) and Olena D. Chorna (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure include a method of utilizing an oro-motor device to activate an audio device, the method includes providing an oro-motor device having a sensor and a nipple; producing a signal when the nipple portion present in an infant's mouth when the nipple portion yields a first measured pressure over an age appropriate prede...