Mitral valve is the one separating the left atrium and the left ventricle. In some cases, the valve get damagd and needs to be replaced by an artificial valve. But generally, the valve ring is shaped like a circle, which makes it difficult to fix it. Hence a new approach is to make customized shaped rings like a saddle which will fix properly.
A 3D model of the heart was reconstructed from the CT Scan images after which the mitral valve was isolated. The ring for an artificial mitral valve was designed with a future scope of having customized ring designs.