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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Ali Akbar Ahmad Samadani, Somerville, MA (US);
Leslie Altimier, Newburyport, MA (US);
Louis Nicolas Atallah, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4205 (2013.01); A61B 5/687 (2013.01); A61B 5/6847 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus () for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus () comprises a processor () configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (), 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 () is also configured to process the acquired motion signals to classify the acquired motion signals as indicative of the subject swallowing healthily or unhealthily.