Abstract: Devices and method for determining a pupil size of a subject having closed eyelids.

Abstract: Device for accessing a pericardial space of a subject in need thereof, the device including a tubular member having an atraumatic distal end and a thread formed on, and at least partially around, the outer surface of the tubular member, proximally to the distal end; wherein the thread is configured to cut, puncture and/or penetrate a pericardium.

Abstract: Devices and method for determining a pupil size of a subject having closed eyelids.

Abstract: Devices and method for determining a pupil size of a subject having closed eyelids.

Abstract: There are provided herein methods, devices, kits and systems utilizing respiratory mask for delivering pressurized fluid to a subject via inhalation in an efficient manner. The fluid may include gas and/or drug and by utilizing the methods, devices, kits and systems provided, efficient drug delivery to the subject's airways is achieved. The systems, devices, kits and methods further allow inducing insufflation/exsufflation in particular in subjects having impaired suffering from low neuromotor capacity, such as spinal cord injuries (SCI) patients.

Abstract: Device for accessing a pericardial space of a subject in need thereof, the device including a tubular member having an atraumatic distal end and a thread formed on, and at least partially around, the outer surface of the tubular member, proximally to the distal end; wherein the thread is configured to cut, puncture and/or penetrate a pericardium.

Abstract: Devices and method for determining a pupil size of a subject having closed eyelids.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are ablation catheter tips and catheters, and catheter ablation methods, wherein a same channel within the catheter may be simultaneously used both for applying suction and attaching a target tissue to the ablation electrode, and for expelling a coolant introduced into the catheter via a second channel, fluidly coupled thereto.

Abstract: A method of accessing a thoracic cavity; inserting, in an insertion direction, a thin elongated body, from outside the body, through a space between adjacent ribs, to within the thoracic cavity; expanding the elongated body in a direction including a component perpendicular to the insertion direction to generate an elongated body lumen therein.

Abstract: A system for screening for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), including a plurality of instruments for measuring presence of blood flow derived physiological parameters, a data collection unit attached to each one of the instruments for receiving signals from each one of the instruments, and a data analysis unit for determining a likelihood of presence of PAD based, at least in part, on the received signals. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A method of measuring a Jugular Pulse property, comprising: mounting a device including an imager to the neck of a patient; imaging the Jugular vein at an imaged location using the imager; and analyzing at least one image provided by said imager to estimate at least one property of the Jugular Pulse. Optionally, said imager is a thermal imager. Optionally, the method comprises cooling tissue at said imaged location adjacent said vein using said device. In some embodiments, the device is designed to mount at a same neck axial position when disconnected and reattached and the system provided is designed to enforce the same body position to allow for comparable repeat measurements.

Abstract: A microfluidic device comprising a substrate having formed therein microfluidic paths, at least a portion of the microfluidic paths having attached thereto a plurality of monolayers, wherein at least a portion of the monolayers comprises a photoactivatable group capable of generating a reactive group upon exposure to a light source, the reactive group being for binding a screenable moiety.

Abstract: Novel compounds having a functionalized group capable of binding to a solid substrate; a photoactivatable group capable of generating a reactive group upon exposure to light and being for binding a screenable moiety; and a polymer capable of forming a monolayer on a solid substrate, and having the functionalized group and to the photoactivatable group attached thereto and processes for the preparation thereof are disclosed. Further disclosed are arrays of screenable moieties (e.g., nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, substrates, chelating agents and many more) prepared using these novel compounds.