2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the development of swallowing analysis device using an infrared sensor

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23700592
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research Institution	Asahikawa Medical College
Principal Investigator	OGAMI Junya 旭川医科大学, 医学部, 助教 (90431931)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Keywords	嚥下リズム / 嚥下回数
Research Abstract	This study is developing the swallowing analysis device in which prolonged record is simple, noninvasive, and possible, in order to evaluate the severity of illness of dysphagia , and the risk assessment of aspiration pneumonia. We developed the device which measures a motion of the thyroid cartilage using an infrared sensor in non-contact. The device utilizes the advantage that we can measure noninvasively and can expect the establishment of the new evaluation method of the dysphagia patient and application to rehabilitation in the future.