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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicants:
University Health Network, Toronto, CA;
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Thomas T. K. Chau, Toronto, CA;
Catriona Steele, Toronto, CA;
Ervin Sejdic, London, CA;
Bruno C. Maruzzo, Toronto, CA;
Assignees:
University Health Network, Toronto, CA;
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4205 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/1123 (2013.01); A61B 5/1126 (2013.01); A61B 5/7267 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61B 5/726 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and apparatus for swallowing impairment detection, a candidate executes one or more swallowing events, and dual axis accelerometry data is acquired representative thereof. Upon feature extraction and classification, vibrational data acquired in respect of each swallowing event is classified as indicative of one of normal or possibly impaired swallowing.