ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,131, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Autonomix Medical Inc. (Ivyland, Pa.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for monitoring and treatment of tissues within and/or through a lumen wall" was invented by Landy Toth (Doylestown, Pa.) and Roy Martin (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlled sympathectomy procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Methods for performing a controlled surgical procedure are disclosed. A system for performing controlled surgical procedures in a minimally invasive manner is disclosed. Systems and methods for accessing target tissue...