COMPRESSION DEVICE AND PRESSURE SENSOR FOR TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER FUNCTIONALITY

摘要

The compression device is used to increase the upper tube pressure within the patient's upper esophageal sphincter to alleviate the impact of an abnormal or incomplete anatomy, physiology or function of the upper esophageal sphincter. In one embodiment, the compression device is used with an external pressure sensing device to determine the external pressure exerted on the ring cartilage for a particular patient. The compression device may comprise means for the management and / or treatment of an abnormal function of the upper esophageal sphincter, or means for enhancing the esophageal sphincter of the patient, or for treating a patient's esophageal reflux disease, Or means for administering pulmonary respiration, or means for applying ring cartilage pressure during anesthesia intubation, or means for stabilizing body structures, such as during medical imaging or radiation therapy.