Estimating flow to vessel bifurcations for simulated hemodynamics

US11664128B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Christian Haase · Hamburg, DE
• Holger Schmitt · Berlin, DE
• Michael Grass · Hanstedt, DE
• Arjen VAN DER HORST · Tilburg, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2018
• Grant date: May 30, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/10081
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for assessing a patient's vasculature and a corresponding method identify the bifurcations in a vessel of interest on the basis of a local change in at least one geometric parameter value of the vessel of interest and adjust the fluid dynamics inside the vessel of interest to take account for said bifurcations.