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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Roy L. Testerman, New Hope, MN (US);
Jon P. Davis, Saint Michael, MN (US);
Nathan Andrew Torgerson, Andover, MN (US);
Robyn Lee Jagler, Eagan, MN (US);
James Britton Hissong, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Christy Ludlow, Bethesda, MD (US);
Pamela Reed Kearney, Burke, VA (US);
Roy L. Testerman, New Hope, MN (US);
Jon P. Davis, Saint Michael, MN (US);
Nathan Andrew Torgerson, Andover, MN (US);
Robyn Lee Jagler, Eagan, MN (US);
James Britton Hissong, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Christy Ludlow, Bethesda, MD (US);
Pamela Reed Kearney, Burke, VA (US);
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for artificially stimulating user deglutition without substantial aspiration are provided. Methods and systems include artificially stimulating user deglutition according to various specialized programs, including passive user secretion maintenance programs, active feeding programs, proprioceptive feedback programs, and others.