Safe Microwaveable Baby Bottle System

The applicants proposed to take advantage of speed and convenience of the popular microwaveoven, along with safety, high lighted by a recent study demonstrating that burn injuries of children fromuse of microwave ovens are far fewer and less severe than those from conventional ovens and stoves.The applicants, however, pointed out that there is a class of injuries that is more frequently encounteredwith microwave ovens, specifically, scald burns of the mouth and throat caused by the ingestion of hotfluids. This problem is particularly acute in the feeding of infants with formula heated in a microwaveoven. The principal objective of this research is to test the concept of a safer baby bottle systemcomprised of a bottle with internal vanes for improved heat distribution, a spring microwaveableturn-table to rotate the bottle and mix its contents during heating and warning message printed with athermochromic ink on the surface of the bottle that alerts the care giver when the formula is too hot foringestion. The critical temperature setting for the thermochromic ink as well as the optimumcombinations of power and time setting for gentle warming will be determined using a newly designedliquid crystal thermometer.