Patent ID: 8187208
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
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 by deforming said vagina along an anterior vaginal wall and along a posterior vaginal wall using a transvaginal probe; (b) obtaining pressure patterns and coordinates corresponding thereto for portions of vagina examined with said transvaginal probe; (c) calculating at least one of anterior elasticity modulus profile or posterior elasticity modulus profile, said elasticity modulus profiles defined by at least two locations spaced apart in said respective portion of vagina examined with said transvaginal probe; (d) calculating at least two distances between said anterior vaginal wall and said posterior vaginal wall along said vagina defining a spacing profile therefor; and (e) estimating a risk of pelvic organ prolapse development by comparing said at least one said elasticity modulus profile at said two locations against respective predetermined elasticity modulus thresholds for said same two locations and by comparing said spacing profile against respective predetermined distance thresholds.