Systems for recovery from motor control via stimulation to a substituted site to an affected area

a motor control and stimulation technology, applied in the field of neurological and speech disorders, can solve the problems of not being able to prevent food or liquid from entering, not being able to prevent aspiration pneumonia in persons at risk, and not being able to control swallowing volitionally, so as to enhance the elicitation of reflex swallowing and improve volitional control of swallowing

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-11-22
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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[0020]In another embodiment, the invention relates to a method of reducing the risk of aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia comprising providing such patients with a means for volitionally controlling swallowing, the means comprising a device that stimulates the throat area over the larynx, wherein the device can be activated by the patient.

Problems solved by technology

A wide range of neurological diseases and disorders exist that are not well addressed by present medical technology.
Among these, dysphagia is a particularly life threatening disorder placing persons at risk of aspiration pneumonia.
Over 50% of patients with neurological diseases or disorders are at risk of aspiration pneumonia because of loss of central nervous system control of their swallowing resulting in either delayed or reduced elevation of the hyolaryngeal complex, which does not allow them to prevent food or liquid from entering the airway (Lundy et al., 1999).
In humans, when sensory stimulation of the oropharynx is presented during a period separate from swallowing, it enhances cortical activity in the swallowing regions (Fraser et al., 2003; Hamdy et al., 2003; M. Power et al., 2004), but does not benefit subsequent swallowing in dysphagic patients (M. L. Power et al., 2006).

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[0068]A Study Demonstrating that Training Patients to Press a Button at the Time of Swallowing Enhanced their Ability to Swallowing Safely

BACKGROUND

[0069]Previous muscle stimulation approaches during swallowing have either used continuous stimulation for prolonged periods during swallowing training, which can lead to muscle fatigue (Freed, Freed, Chatburn, & Christian, 2001), or have attempted to use surface electromyography (EMG) of the submental muscles to detect activity (Leelamanit, Limsakul, & Geater, 2002). Submental EMG signals, however, are often confounded by chewing activity that takes place during the oral phase of swallowing. We have previously demonstrated in normal volunteers that intramuscular stimulation can provide elevation of the hyo-laryngeal complex (Burnett, Mann, Cornell, & Ludlow, 2003), and that normal volunteers can easily learn to accurately synchronize a button press to trigger intramuscular stimulation coincident with the onset of the pharyngeal phase of...

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[0084]A Study that Demonstrated that Low Levels of Sensory Stimulation to the Throat Area in Patients with Severe Chronic Pharyngeal Dysphagia Enhanced their Ability to Swallowing Safely while High Levels of Electrical Stimulation That Activated Throat Muscles Did not Enhance Swallowing in these Patients

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[0085]Two hypotheses were tested using surface electrical stimulation in chronic pharyngeal dysphagia: that stimulation 1) lowered the hyoid bone and / or larynx when applied at rest, and 2) increased aspiration, penetration or pharyngeal pooling during swallowing. Bipolar surface electrodes were placed on the skin overlying the submandibular and laryngeal regions. Maximum tolerated levels of stimulation were applied while patients held their mouth closed at rest. Videofluoroscopic recordings were used to measure hyoid movements in the superior-inferior (s-i) and anterior-posterior (a-p) dimensions and the subglottic air column (s-i) position while stimulation was on and off....

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Abstract

Methods, devices and systems for recovering motor control of an area in the body of a patient affected by a neurological disorder. A device vibrotactilely stimulates a substitute site for the affected area thereby recovering the motor control of the affected area. The stimulation provided by the device is volitionally controlled by the patient.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 993,094, which was filed on Oct. 2, 2008 as a National Stage Application of PCT / US2006 / 025535, filed Jun. 30, 2006, which application claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent App. Ser. No. 60 / 695,424, filed Jul. 1, 2005, and U.S. Provisional Patent App. Ser. No. 60 / 787,215, filed Mar. 30, 2006, all of which applications are hereby incorporated by reference.STATEMENT OF RIGHTS TO INVENTION MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT[0002]The work performed during the development of this application utilized support form the National Institutes of Health. The United States government has certain rights in the invention.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0003]The invention relates generally to methods and devices for treating neurological and speech disorders.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]A wide range of neurological diseases and disorders exist that are not...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61H1/00
CPCA61H39/00A61H39/002A61H39/007A61H39/06A61N1/36025A61H2205/04A61N1/36003A61N1/36007A61N1/36017A61H2039/005A61H23/02A61H2201/12A61H2201/16A61H2201/50
Inventor LUDLOW, CHRISTY LESLIEPOLETTO, CHRISTOPHERHUMBERT, IANESSA
Owner UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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