A new medical device envisioned by a faculty member of the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehab Medicine and developed with the help of a UAlberta Engineering graduate promises to improve the lives of patients with trouble swallowing, a condition known as dysphagia....
Mobili-T® is a portable swallowing therapy system for individuals with swallowing disorders, with particular focus on head and neck cancer. Individuals with a swallowing impairment are often unable to consume a normal diet, which can lead to dependence on tube...
Twenty years ago, Jana Rieger, CEO of True Angle Medical Technologies, started a clinical research program at the Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to understand how treatment for head and neck cancer affected function....
The winner of the Vancouver competition was True Angle Medical Technologies, based in Edmonton. The company developed the Mobili-T®, a swallowing therapy system for older adults with swallowing difficulties. “The Mobili-T® system takes the therapy out of the clinic...
In this study, we wanted to know how easy it was for patients to work with the Mobili-T® app. We also wanted to know how satisfied they were with navigating the app. This study helped the team identify issues that needed to be addressed before sending patients home...
