32 results about "Swallow reflex" patented technology

A method for feeding a child, the child having a mouth, the child having a transition from bottle-to spoon-feeding, the child having a natural swallowing reflex, the method for use during that transition, the method with respect to a spoon having a handle a bowl, the bowl having an end away from the handle thus defining an anterior end, the bowl having an end toward the handle thus defining a posterior end, the method comprising the steps of: covering a front portion of a spoon bowl by an enclosing shield so that that it leaves an opening at a posterior of the spoon bowl and at an anterior of the spoon bowl. The method also includes a step of collecting a semi-liquid food through the posterior opening in the spoon bowl by moving the spoon bowl through a container of food so that the semi-liquid food enters the posterior opening of the spoon bowl and is held within a bowl cavity formed by the spoon bowl and the enclosing shield. The method also includes a step of inserting the spoon into the child's mouth. Another step of the method is suctioning the semi-liquid food by the child through the anterior opening of the spoon bowl and into a rear cavity of the child's mouth. The last step of the method is removing the spoon form the child's mouth to allow for the natural swallowing reflex to be completed.

Methods and systems for monitoring, preventing and / or treating upper airway disorders such as apnea, dysphagia, reflux and / or snoring are described. The methods and systems monitor the upper airway disorders by processing one or more neural signals obtained from one or more upper airway afferents. Upper airway disorders are prevented and / or treated by delivering one or more stimulations to one or more reflex-related afferents, efferents, muscles, and sensory receptors to manipulate the threshold and / or trigger an upper airway reflex including, but not limited to a swallow reflex and / or a negative-pressure reflex.

Methods and systems for monitoring, preventing and / or treating upper airway disorders such as apnea, dysphagia, reflux and / or snoring are described. The methods and systems monitor the upper airway disorders by processing one or more neural signals obtained from one or more upper airway afferents. Upper airway disorders are prevented and / or treated by delivering one or more stimulations to one or more reflex-related afferents, efferents, muscles, and sensory receptors to manipulate the threshold and / or trigger an upper airway reflex including, but not limited to a swallow reflex and / or a negative-pressure reflex.

A system and method of eliciting a swallowing reflex in a human subject. Stimulation signals are generated for eliciting a full swallowing reflex when applied to skin overlying a region of thyroid cartilage in the neck. The stimulation signals delivered via surface electrodes to the skin overlying at least the region of thyroid cartilage in the neck to elicit the full swallowing reflex in the human subject.

The invention relates to a geriatric feeding cup for feeding liquid to an elderly person, including a cup adapted to receive the liquid, a lid and a spout made of a soft pliable material fitted to the cup. In use, the geriatric feeding cup enables the search reflex, the suck reflex and the swallow reflex to be stimulated in the elderly person so that they can be fed the liquid in a more effective and safe manner. The invention also relates to a method of use of the geriatric feeding cup whereby the search reflex, the suck reflex and the swallow reflex are stimulated to feed the person.

The invention relates to a functional snore guard, and relates to the technical field of medical appliances. The defects of the current snore guard that the size is larger, the foreign body sensation is strong, and the snore guard is in loose contact with an oral cavity to rub teeth and mucosa, which easily leads to tooth and mucosal injury, are overcome. The functional snore guard comprises a fixing component matched with an upper jaw of the oral cavity, wherein a hook fixedly connected with teeth is arranged on the periphery of the fixing component, and the fixing component is movably connected with a flip plate through a movable shaft; and the flip plate flips to stimulate the lingualis under the self-weight action when the root of tongue falls back to cause swallowing reflex to allow the tongue to return. The purpose of snoring stop is achieved by the training and stimulating reflection of the flip plate to the tongue. On the one hand, the appliance can be worn on all day, the lingualis is trained in a sober state, so that the lingualis is always in a normal position; and on the other hand, when the root of tongue falls back, the flip plate can stimulate the back of the tongue to cause the swallowing reflex to allow the tongue to return, so that the occurrence of fall-back of the tongue is reduced or eliminated so as to achieve the purpose of snoring stop.

The invention provides compounds for use in a method of treating oral pharyngeal dysphagia in an individual and related products. One embodiment of the invention comprises administering to an individual an effective amount of a vanilloid receptor 1 (VR-1) agonist or high-affinity partial agonist to promote a swallow reflex.

This invention relates to a method for treating a swallowing disorder in a patient suffering from aspiration before, during and / or after the swallowing reflex, and to a bolus for use in the treatment of a swallowing disorder in such a patient.