Great Aspirations Ltd.

Cardioniti

Cordio Medical Ltd.

Medkardia Ltd.

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.

Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.

Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Company

Chaim Lotan

Raphael Mechoulam

Shimon Slavin

Valery Diamant

Haim D Danenberg

Ruth Gallily

Nadezda Yasko

Avinoam Gemer

Lola Weiss

Nachum Borivker

Yehuda Snir

Yonatan Sasson

Margarita Sheinkerman

Zeev Schlik

Aviv Lotan

Boris Varshitsky

Sigal Kremer-Tal

Eran Leitersdorf

Vardiella Meiner

Ronen Durst

Thea Pugatsch

Haim Danenberg

Boris Varshitzky

Moriss Mosseri

Described embodiments include apparatus that includes a network interface () and a processor (). The processor is configured to receive, via the network interface, speech of a subject () who suffers from a pulmonary condition related to accumulation of excess fluid, to identify, by analyzing the speech, one or more speech-related parameters of the speech, to assess, in response to the speech-related parameters, a status of the pulmonary condition, and to generate, in response thereto, an output indicative of the status of the pulmonary condition. Other embodiments are also described.

Assessment of a pulmonary condition by speech analysis

A system for delivering and placement of a medical prosthesis into an ostium of a tract system of an organism is described. The system comprises a stent delivery device that includes a delivery catheter having one or more lumens extending between proximal and distal ends. The stent delivery device also includes an inflatable balloon mounted on the distal end of the delivery catheter for expanding and deploying the medical prosthesis placed on the balloon, and a stent deployment site locator configured for locating an exact place for positioning the medical prosthesis. The deployment site locator comprises an expandable flexible structure including a plurality of filament elements interconnected between a locator proximal end and a locator distal end; thereby forming a unitary structure. The filaments can extend from a locator proximal end towards a locator distal end and then return after winding to the proximal end to form a plurality of filament loops.

Stent replacement system

A retrieval apparatus for entrapping and retaining an object located in a body for its extraction therefrom is described. The retrieval apparatus includes a snare and a snare control assembly. The snare has a proximal section and a distal section, and comprises a plurality of filaments extending from a proximal end of the proximal section towards the distal section, and then returning to the proximal end to form a plurality of loops. In the deployed state, the loops are interlaced to each other within the proximal section and are free and not interleaved within the distal section. Segments of the filaments of the distal section are bent with respect to segments of the filaments of the proximal section such that the retrieval snare in the contracted, state forms a hollow cavity extending from die distal section towards the proximal section.

Apparatus for entrapping and extracting objects from body cavities

A cutting balloon assembly and a method for fabrication of the assembly is described. The cutting balloon assembly comprises a delivery catheter, an expandable balloon mounted on the catheter distal end, and a scoring mesh disposed around the expandable balloon. The scoring mesh comprises interlacing filaments that extend from a mesh proximal end towards a mesh distal end, form distal filament loops at said mesh distal end, and then return to the mesh proximal end. At least a part of the interlacing filaments forms one or more permanent links with neighboring filaments between the mesh proximal end and the mesh distal end.

Cutting balloon assembly and method of manufacturing thereof

A method for fabrication of a cutting balloon assembly is described. The method includes providing a predetermined number of filaments having predetermined properties, diameter and length and fabricating a scoring mesh on a weaving jig having a plurality of pins disposed circumferentially about the jig's surface. The fabrication of the scoring mesh includes placing the filaments between the pins and interlacing the filaments to form a scoring mesh by interweaving and intertwining at least a part of filament to form one or more permanent links with neighboring filaments. The fabrication of the scoring mesh also includes forming distal and proximal filament loops that protrude from the mesh distal and proximal ends, respectfully. The scoring mesh is mounted on an expandable balloon mounted on a distal end of a delivery catheter.

A retrieval apparatus for entrapping and retaining an object located in a body for its extraction therefrom is described. The retrieval apparatus includes a snare and a snare control assembly. The snare has a proximal section and a distal section, and comprises a plurality of filaments extending from a proximal end of the proximal section towards the distal section, and then returning to the proximal end to form a plurality of loops. In the deployed state, the loops are interlaced to each other within the proximal section and are free and not interleaved within the distal section. Segments of the filaments of the distal section are bent with respect to segments of the filaments of the proximal section such that the retrieval snare in the contracted state forms a hollow cavity extending from the distal section towards the proximal section.

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Chaim Lotan