Pacifier for drug administartion

Pacifier for drug administartion

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Medical tags

Clinical need
Non-surgical therapy / Administration of drugs
Area
Pharmaceutical medicine
Technology
Other supporting equipment
Project keywords
Safe administration of drugs to newborn and infant
Device classification
I

Project description

The pacifier can be used in a vast numbers of diseases like pneumonia, malaria (and their symptoms), stomach infection and other illness that can be cured with sublingual and/or slow
release drugs. Those problems are widespread in hot and rural area.
This medical device allows the administration of oral drugs that otherwise would be impossible or dangerous, for a child, to ingest. With this technology the drugs can be safely assimilated. All the drugs in a solid pill form can be used without the need of manipulate the drugs form and shape.