Patent ID: 8419659
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for assessment of pelvic organ conditions affecting a vagina, said method comprising the steps of: (a) conducting examination of said vagina before and after an interventional procedure by deforming said vagina along an anterior vaginal wall, along a posterior vaginal wall, along a left side of said vagina and along a right side of said vagina using a transvaginal probe; (b) obtaining pressure patterns and coordinates corresponding thereto for portions of vagina examined with said transvaginal probe before and after said interventional procedure; (c) calculating from said pressure patterns and coordinates at least one elasticity modulus profile defined by at least two locations spaced apart in said vagina, said at least one elasticity modulus profile is selected from a group consisting of anterior elasticity modulus profile, posterior elasticity modulus profile, left side elasticity modulus profile and right side elasticity modulus profile; (d) calculating from said pressure patterns and coordinates at least one of an anterior-posterior spacing profile or a left-right spacing profile, said anterior-posterior spacing profile is defined by at least two distances between said anterior vaginal wall and said posterior vaginal wall, said left-right spacing profile is defined by at least two distances between said left side and said right side of said vagina; and (e) estimating an improvement after said interventional procedure by comparing said at least one elasticity modulus profile obtained before said interventional procedure and after thereof, same improvement is further estimated by comparing said at least one spacing profile obtained before said interventional procedure and after thereof.