PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrostimulator capable of applying electric stimulation according to a swallowing intention of a living body of a patient with swallowing dysfunction and the like, which is excellent in user-friendliness and cost performance.SOLUTION: An electrostimulator includes: an electric stimulation part for applying electric stimulation to a muscle of a living body to induce a swallowing motion a detection element disposed along a skin of the living body for detecting a shape change of the skin an electric pulse generation part connected to the electric stimulation part and the detection element for applying an electric pulse for electric stimulation to the electric stimulation part based on the shape change of the skin detected by the detection element.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】嚥下機能障害患者などの生体の嚥下意思に応じて電気刺激を与えることができ、使い勝手とコストパフォーマンスに優れる電気刺激装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の電気刺激装置は、生体の筋肉に電気刺激を与えて嚥下運動を誘発させる電気刺激部と、前記生体の皮膚に沿って配置され、該皮膚の形状変化を検出する検出素子と、前記電気刺激部及び前記検出素子に接続され、前記検出素子により検出された前記皮膚の形状変化に基づいて前記電気刺激部に電気刺激用の電気パルスを与える電気パルス発生部とを備える。【選択図】図2
