Method for manufacturing personalized naturally designed mitral prosthesis

A personalized mitral valve prosthesis comprising a flexible annular ring dimensioned to match the native mitral annulus of a specific patient, a flexible anterior leaflet and a flexible posterior leaflet dimensioned to match the native mitral leaflets of the specific patient, said leaflets connected to the annular ring, and chords dimensioned to match the native mitral leaflets of the specific patient, said chords connected to the flexible anterior leaflet and the flexible posterior leaflet, said chords further configured to connect the flexible anterior leaflet and the flexible posterior leaflet with papillary muscles of the heart, said personalized mitral valve prosthesis formed by:

• measuring size and shape of a native mitral valve of the specific patient by using imaging means;
• providing data of a material from which the personalized mitral valve prosthesis is made of;
• building a 3D model of the personalized mitral valve prosthesis based on the size and shape of the native mitral valve of the specific patient and the data of the material;
• optimizing the 3D model using FEM method;
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• fabricating the personalized mitral valve prosthesis based on the optimized FEM model by cutting the material into the annular ring, the flexible anterior leaflet and the flexible posterior leaflet and the chords and connecting the flexible anterior leaflet and the flexible posterior leaflet to the annular ring, and connecting the chords to the flexible anterior leaflet and the flexible posterior leaflet.