Patent ID: 8430922

Claim:
A method at least partially implemented using a processing device, the method comprising: receiving at the processing device one or more parameters relating to a specific patient, at least one of the one or more parameters received via an image input directly from an imaging source providing the image input of the specific patient, the one or more parameters including: a heuristic model identifier, the heuristic model identifier identifying a model of a condition requiring a stent; a patient identifier including one or more stent customization parameters comprising at least three-dimensional anatomical data of at least one blood vessel portion of the specific patient; and an inventory status parameter providing stent component information and utilizing one or more direct availability information or one or more indirect indications designating an order as an emergency status or other parameter indicating an elevated priority relating to the specific patient; and customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the received one or more parameters relating to the specific patient.