Patent Document ID: 7840393
Application ID: 09679725
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer system including at least one processor and memory for analyzing medical devices comprising: a geometry generator that receives three-dimensional volumetric data of at least one anatomical feature(s) of at least one vascular system and generates a geometric model of said anatomical feature(s); a mesh generator that receives said geometric model of said anatomical feature(s) and a geometric model of a medical device, and generates a finite element model representing both of said geometric model of said anatomical feature(s) and said geometric model of said medical device; and a stress/strain/deformation analyzer that receives said finite element model, material properties of said anatomical feature(s) and said medical device, load data on said anatomical feature(s) and/or said medical device and simulates an interaction between said anatomical feature(s) and said medical device over at least one dynamic expansion and contraction cycle of the anatomical feature(s) to determine the predicted stresses, strains, and deformations of said medical device due to the interaction of the medical device with the anatomical feature(s).