Skin-mountable sensor set to assist swallowing disorders

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Millions of people with swallowing disorders could soon be assisted by a skin-mountable sensor sticker designed to make treatments easier and more affordable.

This is the claim of two Purdue University researchers who’ve founded Curasis LLC, a company set up to commercialise the wearable technology, which is detailed in a paper in Science Advances.

"We want to provide a reliable, patient-friendly and affordable way to treat the millions of people with swallowing disorders," said Georgia A. Malandraki, acting CEO of Curasis and associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences in Purdue University's College of Health and Human Sciences. "Many devices to help these people are expensive, not able to be taken home and not accessible in many rural areas."

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The researchers have created a wearable sensor sticker that attaches firmly to the neck and is connected with small cables to a wireless transmitter unit.

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