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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2008
Christy Ludlow, Bethesda, MD (US);
Newlin Morgan, Bethesda, MD (US);
George Dold, Boyds, MD (US);
Soren Lowell, Syracuse, NY (US);
Katie Dietrich-burns, Fort Howard, MD (US);
Christy Ludlow, Bethesda, MD (US);
Newlin Morgan, Bethesda, MD (US);
George Dold, Boyds, MD (US);
Soren Lowell, Syracuse, NY (US);
Katie Dietrich-Burns, Fort Howard, MD (US);
Abstract
A device and methods for treating a subject with dysphagia or other neurological disease, neurological disorder, neurological injury, neurological impairment or neurodegenerative disease that affects voluntary motor control of the hyoid, pharynx, larynx, or oropharyngeal area is disclosed. A device of the invention generally comprises a vibrotactile stimulator for applying at least one stimulus to the outside surface of a subject's neck; a connector for attaching the vibrotactile stimulator to an outside surface of the subject's neck, and a switch control communicatively connected to the vibrotactile stimulator to selectively engage a manual stimulation module and/or automatic stimulation module. Stimulation of an outside surface of the throat area of a subject by a device of the invention stimulates a swallowing reflex in the subject.