Patent ID: 8644568

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of finite element analysis of bone-implant systems for evaluating the biomechanical performance of an implant in a patient-specific manner in a plurality of bones, the method comprising: a) receiving a plurality of digital images of a bone structure, or portion thereof, for a plurality of bones; b) producing from said plurality of digital images, using a computing system, a patient-specific bone-implant finite element mesh for said implant virtually implanted in said plurality of bones by altering a pre-constructed non-patient-specific bone-implant finite element mesh of said implant, said pre-constructed mesh including a pre-constructed non-patient-specific bone mesh portion; c) performing, using said computing system, a finite element analysis on said patient-specific bone-implant finite element mesh for each bone; and d) generating, using said computing system, a result of each said finite element analysis.