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US 8,475,517 B2Granted
Stent customization system and method
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsEdward K. Y. Jung, Robert Langer, Eric C. Leuthardt, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient, and for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient or for customizing one or more junctions of a stent ex situ in response to the received parameter relating to the specific patient.
Claims26
A system comprising:
- circuitry for receiving a parameter over a network relating to a specific patient directly from a data gathering device associated with the specific patient, the parameter including:
- one or more medical records of the specific patient;
- three-dimensional anatomical information of at least one blood vessel portion of the specific patient;
- and
- at least one of direct availability information or one or more indirect indications designating an order as an emergency status or other parameter indicating an elevated priority;
- circuitry for implementing a message parser that independently gathers stent information from a number of suppliers, a number of specifications, or a combination thereof in response to a determination of a stent inventory shortage;
- and
- circuitry for automatically customizing a configuration of a stent in response to the received parameter relating to the specific patient and the stent information.
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