Use of secondary metrics in neck suction therapy
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorJonathan Sayer Grashow
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Abstract
Provided are systems (100) for control of or determining the effectiveness of a neck suction device using one or more secondary metrics. A sensor device (101) may be used to measure or determine one or more secondary metrics relating to the neck of a patient in response to the application of suction to the neck of the patient proximal to the hyoid bone of the patient by a neck suction device. A processing device (107) may then determine whether to adjust the suction intensity in response to the measured/determined metrics. The metrics may also be use do determine whether neck suction is likely to be effective for a specific patient.
Claims10
A system for providing neck suction therapy, comprising:
- a neck suction portion, the neck suction portion comprising a patient interface configured to engage and apply suction to an area on a neck of a patient proximal to a hyoid bone of the patient;
- a sensor portion configured to measure one or more characteristics of the area on the neck of the patient during application of suction by the neck suction portion, the one or more characteristics comprising a displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction by the neck suction portion;
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- one or more processors configured to:
- receive information regarding the measured displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction;
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- adjust a suction intensity of the neck suction portion based on the measured displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction.
A system for controlling a neck suction device, comprising:
- treatment means for applying suction to an area on a neck of a patient proximal to a hyoid bone of the patient;
- sensor means for measuring one or more characteristics of the area on the neck of the patient during application of suction by the treatment means, the one or more characteristics comprising a displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction by the neck treatment means;
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- processor means for:
- receiving information regarding the measured displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction;
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- adjusting a suction intensity of the treatment means based on the measured displacement of the hyoid bone of the patient caused by application of suction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.