Inventors:
Gilles Clermont - Fombell PA, US
Patricia A. Hebda - Sarver PA, US
Yee Key Li - Pittsburgh PA, US
Qi Mi - Pittsburgh PA, US
David L. Steed - Pittsburgh PA, US
Joshua Thomas Sullivan - Butler PA, US
Katherine Verdolini Abbott - Cheswick PA, US
Yoram Vodovotz - Sewickley PA, US
Ivan Petrov Yotov - Pittsburgh PA, US
Gary An - Chicago IL, US
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education - Pittsburgh PA
International Classification:
G06F 19/00, G01N 33/50, G06G 7/58, A61K 38/00, A61K 38/18, A61P 17/02
US Classification:
702 19, 703 11, 514 14, 514 76, 514 94
Abstract:
Provided are methods of simulating tissue healing. The methods comprise using a mechanistic computer model of the interrelated effects of inflammation, tissue damage or dysfunction and tissue healing to predict an outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo, thereby predicting the outcome of healing of damaged tissue in vivo. Implementations of these methods on a computing device also are provided. Non-limiting examples of diseases and/or conditions that are amenable to simulation according to the methods described herein include: a diabetes, diabetic foot ulcers, necrotizing enterocolitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, restenosis (post-angioplasty or stent implantation), incisional wounding, excisional wounding, surgery, accidental trauma, pressure ulcer, stasis ulcer, tendon rupture, vocal fold phonotrauma, otitis media and pancreatitis.