Modeling and simulation system for optimizing prosthetic heart valve treatment
US9135381B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B23/303
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for simulating blood flow through a heart valve may first involve receiving patient-specific data, including imaging data related to the heart valve, an inflow tract of the heart valve and an outflow tract of the heart valve, and at least one clinically measured flow parameter. Next, the method may involve generating a digital model of the heart valve and the inflow and outflow tracts, based at least partially on the imaging data, discretizing the model, applying boundary conditions to a portion of the digital model that contains the heart valve and the inflow and outflow tracts, and initializing and solving mathematical equations of blood flow through the model to generate computerized flow parameters. Finally, the method may involve comparing the computerized flow parameters with the at least one clinically measured flow parameter.
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