Agada Medical

Funds for Medical Research Development of Infrastructure & Health Services, Barzilai Medical Center

Jacov Blank

Isador H Lieberman

Adi Dagan

Arie Feldman

Damon Eugene Mar

Or Meir David

Samuel Shannon

Methods and systems for evaluating the biomechanical properties of a subject's spine for the purpose of optimizing a potential surgical intervention by selecting or designing surgical hardware fora spinal correction procedure. The system uses a simulated dynamic analysis configured to analyze, predict and improve the outcome of the surgical procedure by taking into account physiological, biomechanical, and anatomical factors. Machine learning algorithms use the computed distribution of forces and moments on the subject's spine, and compare the subject's results with those of patients from a reference population. By analyzing the biomechanical parameters of individuals in the reference population and distinguishing those whose procedure succeeded versus those whose procedure failed, and comparing their biomechanical parameters to these of the individual under evaluation for a spinal surgery, the method is able to predict the chances for a successful surgery, recommend an optimal procedure and/or the optimal implant(s) configuration.

Planning spinal surgery using patient-specific biomechanical parameters

A colon cleanliness indicating device including a forward toilet-secured receiving section configured with a recessed receptacle for receiving colonic effluent and a rearward indicating section for indicating a degree of colon cleanliness. The indicating section is formed with one or more channels in fluid communication with the receptacle through which the received colonic effluent is flowable and by which the received colonic effluent can be visualized in order to assess a degree of colon cleanliness.

Device for assessing colon cleanliness

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Ramat Hasharon, Israel

Jacov Blank