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System and method for facilitating cardiac intervention

Assignee: PHI HEALTH Inc

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Filing: 2003-08-13

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2023-08-13

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Abstract

Abstract One embodiment of the present invention discloses a computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of a diseased heart based on the patient data, wherein the model comprises structural elements, simulating at least one proposed cardiac intervention treatment by adding or deleting structural elements to the model, and determining the effects of the proposed cardiac simulation upon the entire model. The simulating step may be repeated to allow the user to determine an optimal cardiac intervention. Additionally, a template may be created from the model to use as a guide during the cardiac intervention.

Inventors

👤 Gregory Murphy
👤 Albert Davis
👤 Mitta Suresh

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 03:03

CPC Classifications

G; G16; G16H; G16H50/00; G16H50/20; G09; G09B; G09B23/00; G09B23/28; G09B23/30; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/92; Y10S128/922

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 11

Claim 1

Independent Claim 63 words

1 . A computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising: inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of a diseased heart based on the patient data, wherein the model comprises structural elements, simulating at least one proposed cardiac intervention treatment by adding or deleting structural elements to the model, and determining the effects of the proposed cardiac simulation upon the entire model.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 63 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 25 words

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising repeating the simulating step for additional proposed cardiac intervention treatments to determine an optimal cardiac intervention.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 21 words

3 . The method of claim 1 further comprising creating a template to use as a guide during the cardiac intervention.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 41 words

4 . A method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising: obtaining patient data, preoperatively determining a diseased portion of the left ventricle, creating a template to identify the diseased portion of the left ventricle, and using the template in cardiac intervention procedures.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 41 words

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 17 words

5 . The method of claim 4 further comprising marking the template to indicate the diseased portion.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 20 words

6 . The method of claim 5 further comprising fitting the template to the patient's heart during a surgical procedure.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 13 words

7 . The method of claim 4 wherein the template is a balloon.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 52 words

8 . A computerized method of facilitating cardiac intervention, comprising: inputting patient data, creating a computerized interactive model of the heart from the patient data, wherein the model is comprised of structural elements, and manipulating a portion of the structural elements to determine the effects of the manipulation on other structural elements.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 52 words

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