ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,267, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Enniscorthy, Ireland).
"System for forming a fistula between two vessels" was invented by Jakob Wells (Scottsdale, Ariz.), John O'Shea (Enniscorthy, Ireland) and Michael Whelan (Enniscorthy, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for forming a fistula between two vessels, the system comprising a first catheter. The first catheter comprises a catheter shaft with a housing. The first catheter further comprises an electrode disposed at least partially within the housing, the electrode comprising a distal portion, a proximal portion and an intermediate portio...