MONITORING SWALLOWING IN A SUBJECT

MONITORING SWALLOWING IN A SUBJECT

There is provided an apparatus (100) for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus (100) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (104), motion signals obtained from a feeding tube, when placed in the esophagus of the subject. The motion signals are indicative...

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Hauptverfasser: ATALLAH, Louis, Nicolas, SAMADANI, Ali, Akbar, Ahmad, ALTIMIER, Leslie
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:There is provided an apparatus (100) for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus (100) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (104), motion signals obtained from a feeding tube, when placed in the esophagus of the subject. The motion signals are indicative of swallowing motions transmitted along the feeding tube. The processor (102) is also configured to process the acquired motion signals to classify the acquired motion signals as indicative of the subject swallowing healthily or unhealthily.