Patent ID: 8880385
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06T,G16B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of predicting a mechanical response of a subject bone osteon to an applied force comprising the steps of: (a) identifying a subject bone osteon; (b) selecting at least one database comprising empirical data based on recorded observations of at least one parameter in a selected region of the subject bone osteon, wherein the selected region of the subject bone osteon comprises an interface between a lacuna and extracellular matrix (ECM) in the subject bone osteon, and wherein the at least one parameter is collagen bundle orientations; (c) using the database with a first computer program to generate a simulated region of the subject bone osteon, the simulated region comprising a perilacunar region of the selected region of the subject bone osteon, wherein the first computer program performs the steps of: (d) using a second computer program to predict a mechanical response of the selected region of the subject bone osteon to an applied force, wherein the second computer program performs the steps of: