Patient-Specific Heart Valve Replicas

Project title

Patientenindividuelle medizintechnische Planungsmodelle für Eingriffe an Herzklappen

Goal

Preoperative planning of heart valve repair with patient-specific heart valve replicas

Patient-specific instruments for heart valve repair

Contact

M.Sc. Michael Kruttschnitt (wiss. Mitarbeiter)

Application

Heart valve repair

Research topic

Development of patient-specific heart valve replicas from 3D ultrasound imaging for preoperative planning of heart valve repair
Surgery planning on patient-specific heart valve replicas
Development of patient-specific instruments for heart valve repair

State of the art

Preoperative planning of heart valve repair with ultrasound imaging and short-term planning during surgery

Drawbacks of the State of the Art

Difficult planning with ultrasound imaging and on collapsed heart valves during surgery

Concept

Manufacturing of patient-specific heart valve replicas from 3D ultrasound imaging
Surgery planning on heart valve replicas
Surgeryof the patient with patient-specific instruments

Current Results

Heart valve replicas on which heart valve repair can be realistically planned