人間と等倍の嚥下ロボットの開発

抄録

Swallow is an important part of the dietary process. However, the number of the patients with swallowing disorder is increasing. The process of swallowing is a very fast reflex action and therefore the mechanism has not yet to be solved. Instruments for observing swallow has been developing, for example, the Cine MRI, X-ray video, and endoscope. They all supply the fundamental information to analyze the actions that occurs inside the body. By using these analysis results of Cine MRI and X-ray video in terms of swallowing motion, we have been developing the swallowing robot which can mimic the human swallowing motion.