US 2019/0096288 A1Published application

Food Swallowing Simulating Device

AssigneeJiangnan University

InventorsShanhua QIAN, Baoxing WANG, Di WANG, Zifeng NI, Jinghu YU

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a food swallowing simulating device, and belongs to the field of structural design of bio-simulation machinery. The device comprises an upper jaw matrix, a tongue matrix, a transmission device and a driving device; the upper jaw matrix and the tongue matrix are arranged oppositely, and opposite surfaces are curved surfaces; a channel is reserved between the curved surfaces to form a bionic oral cavity; and the tongue matrix is connected with the driving device by the transmission device, so that the motion of the tongue matrix is controlled by the driving device. Transition from static food swallowing mechanism simulation to dynamic food swallowing mechanism simulation is realized, and thus, a blank in the market is made up.

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Dependent claims

A simulating device for food swallowing, comprising a bionic oral cavity, a feeding device, a transmission device and a driving device;

wherein the bionic oral cavity comprises an upper jaw matrix and a tongue matrix, the upper jaw matrix covers the tongue matrix inside, a recessed curved surface is arranged in the upper jaw matrix, a protruded curved surface is arranged on an upper portion of the tongue matrix, and the recessed curved surface and the protruded curved surface separately simulate a curved surface on which an oral cavity upper jaw is located and a curved surface on which a surface of a tongue is located;
wherein a channel for food to pass through is reserved between opposite curved surfaces of the upper jaw matrix and the tongue matrix;
wherein one end of the feeding device is communicated with the channel of the bionic oral cavity while the other end is connected with the transmission device;
and wherein the transmission device is separately connected with the tongue matrix and the feeding device, and is used for driving the tongue matrix and the feeding device to move synchronously under driving effect of the driving device.

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