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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Junya Sato, Yokohamai, JP;
Masato Nakajima, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keio University, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A swallowing function evaluating apparatus capable of quantitatively evaluating a swallowing function safely and repeatedly, which comprises a height variation detecting unitfor detecting a variation in the height of the surface of a throat from a predetermined reference position in the height direction in which a thyroid protrudes and an analyzing unitfor time-serially analyzing the variation to calculate an index for evaluating a swallowing function. The swallowing function evaluating apparatus can repeatedly detect the variation safely without radiating X-rays and can quantitatively evaluate the swallowing function using a calculated index.