Patent ID: 8666714

Claim:
A medical device made by a process, comprising: performing a computer implemented process, including: acquiring three-dimensional volumetric data of at least one anatomical feature of a vascular system, generating a geometric model of said anatomical feature(s), receiving data representing a geometric model of a candidate medical device design, receiving said geometric model of said anatomical feature(s), generating a finite element model representing both said geometric model of said anatomical feature(s) and said geometric model of said candidate medical device design with a mesh generator, receiving material properties of said anatomical feature(s) and said candidate medical device design, receiving load data imposed on said candidate medical device design and said anatomical feature(s), and simulating an interaction between said anatomical feature(s) and said candidate medical device design over at least one dynamic expansion and contraction cycle of the anatomical feature(s) with a stress/strain/deformation analyzer to determine the predicted stresses, strains, and deformation of said candidate medical device design by said load data; modifying the candidate medical device design as enabled by the simulation of the interaction between said anatomical feature(s) and said candidate medical device design over at least one dynamic expansion and contraction cycle of the anatomical feature(s); and fabricating the medical device based on the modified candidate medical device design of the computer implemented process.