Use of Superelastic Nitinol and Highly-Stretchable Latex to Develop a Tongue Prosthetic Assist Device and Facilitate Swallowing for Dysphagia Patients

We introduce a new tongue prosthetic assist device (TPAD), which shows the first prosthetic application for potential treatment of swallowing difficulty in dysphagia patients. The native tongue has a number of complex movements that are not feasible to mimic using a single mechanical prosthetic devi...

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Autores principales: Shayan, Mahdis, Gildener-Leapman, Neil, Elsisy, Moataz, Hastings, Jack T., Kwon, Shinjae, Yeo, Woon-Hong, Kim, Jee-Hong, Shridhar, Puneeth, Salazar, Gabrielle, Chun, Youngjae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31671519
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12213555

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31671519
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12213555

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