DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOIMPENDENCE MEASUREMENT OF CERVICAL TISSUE AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HUMAN CERVIX

摘要

Featured are apparatuses (220) for measuring bioimpendence of tissues of the cervix, more specifically the mammalian cervix. Also featured are methods for examining the tissues of the cervix for clinical or diagnostic purposes such as during routine gynecological examinations to determine early onset of labor in pregnant patients or to assess such tissues for the presence of abnormalities such as cancerous lesions in both pregnant and non-pregnant women. Also featured are methods for treating onset of early or pre-term labor that embody such devices, apparatuses (220) and/or methods, where such systems preferably are configured to provide diagnostic and/or clinical information to further assist the diagnostician or clinician in diagnosing and/or examining pregnant or non-pregnant patients.