PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a deglutition inducing implement and a deglutition inducing system being easily insertable via the nasal cavity of a person to the oropharynx or the hypopharynx without using large-scale equipment such as an endoscope and a denture base and bringing a tip electrode into contact with the pharyngeal mucosa by a simple operation.SOLUTION: The deglutition inducing implement includes a conductive wire 13, a tip electrode 14 connected to a distal end of the conductive wire, and an electric insulating tube 16 covering the conductive wire. The deglutition inducing implement is substantially straight in an uncontrolled state and is elastically bently deformed, when being inserted via the nasal cavity of a person to the oropharynx or the hypopharynx.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】人の鼻腔を経由して中咽頭または下咽頭まで、内視鏡や義歯床などの大型設備を用いなくとも、容易に挿入することができ、且つ先端電極を咽頭粘膜に簡単な操作で接触させることができる嚥下誘発具および嚥下誘発システムを提供する。【解決手段】導電性線材13と、該導電性線材の遠位端に接続された先端電極14と、前記導電性線材を覆う電気絶縁性チューブ16とを有し、放置状態において概ね真っ直ぐで且つ人の鼻腔を経由して中咽頭または下咽頭まで挿入するときに弾性曲げ変形する嚥下誘発具。【選択図】図3
