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New cup’s reservoir addresses cleft palate, infant nutrition
Design is joint work of UW Dentistry, PATH and Seattle Children’s
10/20/2015

Several million babies born each year in Africa and South Asia can’t breastfeed due to prematurity or craniofacial anomalies like cleft lip or palate.
Now a collaboration of PATH, Seattle Children's and the University of Washington School of Dentistry has created a small feeding cup with a tiny reservoir at its spout. The NIFTY™ cup is an inexpensive solution to a complex problem.