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Evaluating prosthetic heart valve placement

  • US 10,588,697 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2018
  • Issued: 03/17/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating the placement of a prosthetic device in a patient'"'"'s body, comprising:

  • designating one or more positions in at least one of one or more depictions of an anatomical region of interest of the patient'"'"'s body that includes a first anatomical structure of interest in which the prosthetic device is to be placed, wherein each of the one or more depictions shows the first structure of interest, a blood pool volume of a second anatomical structure of interest, or both, and wherein each designated position corresponds to a respective position in the first structure of interest at which the prosthetic device may be placed; and

    for each of the one or more designated positions, predicting an amount of blood flow obstruction through the second structure of interest that would be caused if the prosthetic device was to be placed at a corresponding position in the first structure of interest.

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