Abstract: An inflatable system for cervical dilation and labor induction includes a uterine balloon, for positioning at a proximal portion of the uterus, adjacent to the cervical internal os, the uterine balloon being shaped to maximize the pressure against the decidua and the internal cervical os and to minimize the pressure on the fetal head. The inflatable system may have a vaginal balloon, for positioning in the vagina, for applying pressure on the external cervical os. The inflatable system may measure the pressure changes inside the balloon. The inflatable system may have electrodes for measuring the electrical activity of the fetal heart, the maternal heart and the uterine pressure activity and or uterine contractility and or labor progress. The inflatable system may measure cervical dilation, fetal well-being, and the woman's conditions.

Abstract: A portable mechanical high-precision device for performing circular or helical scanning of a patient's organ or body surface for tissue diagnosis and/or treatment includes a substantially hollow housing for accommodating the organ therein and a securing unit for securing the housing to the organ or body surface during scanning so that the organ or body surface is substantially fixed relative to the housing. At least one drive unit is attached to the housing and to at least one scan head for allowing unlimited rotation of the scan head relative to the housing.

Abstract: A device configured for performing a spatial scan of a patient's breast. The device comprises a substantially hollow housing having a substantially conical surface between a top and a substantially hollow base. The substantially hollow housing is sized and shaped for covering at least a portion of a breast. The device further comprises a scanning device for performing a scan while being maneuvered in a scanning pattern adjacent to the substantially conical surface. The distance between the top and the substantially hollow base is less than 5 centimeters.

Abstract: A medical diagnostic system, the system comprising: a) a non-ultrasound imaging module configured to generate a volumetric vascular map; b) a controller configured to translate a 3D position co-ordinate from the map into an aiming instruction; c) a Doppler ultrasound unit adapted to aim a transducer responsive to the aiming instruction; and d) a registration module configured to register a position of the transducer with respect to the volumetric map.

Abstract: A portable mechanical high-precision device (30) for performing circular or helical scanning of a patient's organ (71) or body surface for tissue diagnosis and/or treatment includes a substantially hollow housing (10) for accommodating the organ therein and a securing unit (61) for securing the housing to the organ or body surface during scanning so that the organ or body surface is substantially fixed relative to the housing. At least one drive unit (31, 35, 38) is attached to the housing and to at least one scan head (39) for allowing unlimited rotation of the scan head relative to the housing.

Abstract: A system for simultaneous, real time imaging of biological tissue and measuring of blood flow velocities using the Doppler principle resulting in an improvement in Doppler power spectrum of the blood flow velocity measurements.