US Patent Issued to STENT TEK on Nov. 4 for "Method for the percutaneous creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF)" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,396, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to STENT TEK Ltd. (Chelmsford, Great Britain).

"Method for the percutaneous creation of an arteriovenous fistula (AVF)" was invented by Robert Dickinson (London) and Sorin Popa (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document relates to the apparatus and methods used in the minimally invasive creation of arteriovenous fistula (AVF). In particular, the invention relates to the creation of an AVF using catheters and an alignment methodology that is based upon detection of asymmetric electric fields. The invention finds particular application in vascular access (VA) in the hemodialysis (HD) populat...