Dysphagia recovery by electrical stimulation

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A - Human Necessities

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A61N 1/36 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2594296

A device for assisting recovery from dysphagia, and a method of preventing and/or treating dysphagia. The device includes a catheter suitable for insertion into the body of a patient, for the introduction of nutrients to the stomach of said patient, and electrodes located on a surface of the catheter, the electrodes being positioned such that when the catheter is inserted into a patient the electrodes are in a suitable position for applying electrical pharyngeal stimulation.

L'invention concerne un dispositif permettant d'aider au rétablissement d'une dysphagie et une méthode de prévention et/ou de traitement de la dysphagie. Ce dispositif comprend un cathéter approprié pour être introduit dans le corps d'un patient afin d'acheminer des aliments jusqu'à l'estomac de ce patient, et des électrodes situées sur une surface du cathéter qui sont disposées de telle manière que lorsque le cathéter est introduit chez un patient, les électrodes se trouvent à une position adéquate pour l'application d'une stimulation pharyngée électrique.

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