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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Passy-muir, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Christy Leslie Ludlow, Castleton, VA (US);
Larry Lee Hood, Irvine, CA (US);
Passy-Muir, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A device includes a first vibrational transducer and a second vibrational transducer. The first vibrational transducer has a first vibrating property. The second vibrotactile stimulator has a second vibrating property different than the first vibrating property. A collar may be configured to position the first vibrational transducer and the second vibrational transducer over a neck of a subject. A method for stimulating swallowing in a subject includes applying a first vibrotactile stimulation and applying a second vibrotactile stimulation to a throat area of the subject. The first vibrotactile stimulation has a first vibrating property and the second vibrotactile stimulation has a second vibrating property different than the first vibrating property. Example vibrating properties include vibrating frequency, vibrating frequency range, wave shape, continuousness, frequency phase, and direction of mechanical force.