The new tech tackles dysphagia in even its most extreme forms.
The new innovation is from Edmonton company True Angle and is called Mobili-T, short for Mobile Therapist. It helps patients with dysphagia, the medical term for those who have difficulty with the act of eating and swallowing.
Jana Rieger, CEO of True Angle, conceived of the idea while working as a clinician scientist helping patients who had head and neck"It's a very emotionally and physically taxing problem to have," Rieger told"It's terrible to hear, when you think about what food does for us as human beings, how much joy and pleasure it brings.”A happy patient
David Jamieson struggled with dysphagia after he was diagnosed with head and neck cancer about two years ago and doctors cut an opening from his ear to his neck on the left side of his face in order to extract a three-centimeter tumor and other lymph nodes.The surgery removed what is called the base of the tongue which is located in the back of the throat and pushes down food."It's not something confined just to the throat, it involves neck muscles, shoulder muscles.
"You could put it on any muscle in your body and it would sense that contraction, how hard it is, how long you're holding that contraction," said Rieger. The device comes with an app that tracks the patient’s exercise targets and connects them with their clinicians.
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