Tohoku University Technology: A non-contact quantitative analysis device for food taken movement: T15-050
To provide evaluation method for swallowing function, sense of taste for food
It happens that some food are mistaken by elders and then drop into their lungs. Some times it leads to serious pneumonia and thus becomes to be problematic for home/facility medical care for elders. This invention provides a non-contact quantitative analysis device to evaluate the swallowing function of elders by monitoring the movement of neck surface. Also, the device is useful to evaluate objectively if the food is delicious and if elders can swallow the food smoothly.
- Company:Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd.
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