Artificial breast as a teat, soother or protector

摘要

A method of preparing an artificial breast is provided, the method including forming a three dimensional representation of a breast, forming a mould based on the representation and using the mould to prepare the artificial breast. The 3D representation may be a negative cast in silicone, or it may be an electronic data set. Also provided is an artificial breast made by the method, and a teat, soother and breast protector comprising the artificial breast. The replica breast used as a teat 20 may have regions equivalent to the breast 21, areola 22 and nipple 23.