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- Patent Title: Systems and methods for embolism prediction using embolus source and destination probabilities
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Application No.: US16727161Application Date: 2019-12-26
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Publication No.: US11646118B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Leo Grady , Gilwoo Choi , Charles A. Taylor , Christopher K. Zarins
- Applicant: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Current Assignee: HeartFlow, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: G16H50/20
- IPC: G16H50/20 ; G16H50/50 ; G06N7/00 ; G06F17/18

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a patient risk assessment or treatment plan based on emboli dislodgement and destination. One method includes receiving a patient-specific anatomic model generated from patient-specific imaging of at least a portion of a patient's vasculature; determining or receiving a location of interest in the patient-specific anatomic model of the patient's vasculature; using a computing processor for calculating blood flow through the patient-specific anatomic model to determine blood flow characteristics through at least the portion of the patient's vasculature of the patient-specific anatomic model downstream from the location of interest; and using a computing processor for particle tracking through the simulated blood flow to determine a destination probability of an embolus originating from the location of interest in the patient-specific anatomic model, based on the determined blood flow characteristics.
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