公开(公告)号：US11839482B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17254882

申请日：2019-06-24

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Ali Akbar Ahmad Samadani ,  Leslie Altimier ,  Louis Nicolas Atallah

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G16H40/67 ,  G06N3/044

CPC classification number: A61B5/4205 ,  A61B5/687 ,  A61B5/6847 ,  A61B5/7264 ,  G06N3/044 ,  G16H40/67 ,  A61B2562/0219

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus (100) for monitoring swallowing in a subject. The apparatus (100) comprises a processor (102) configured to acquire, from a motion sensor (104), 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 (102) is also configured to process the acquired motion signals to classify the acquired motion signals as indicative of the subject swallowing healthily or unhealthily.