Patent Document ID: 9865096
Application ID: 14459163
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for medical device modeling, comprising: accessing an electronic definition for a model of a three-dimensional item, an electronic definition of a three-dimensional anatomical item having an internal anatomical volume, and an electronic definition of a three-dimensional spline relating to the internal anatomical volume; determining, with a computer-based finite element analysis system and using the electronic definitions, stresses created by the three-dimensional item on the anatomical item for a plurality of locations of the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, including at a first location of the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline and at a second location of the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline; moving the three-dimensional item along the three-dimensional spline, and visually representing the three-dimensional item as it is moved along the three-dimensional spline; and displaying stress data generated by the finite element analysis system with a visualization system, the display of the stress data indicating levels of stress on portions of the three-dimensional item and levels of stress on portions of the anatomical item at particular locations along the three-dimensional spline.