ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,175, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TVA Medical Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Systems for forming a fistula" was invented by Matt Casiraro (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for forming a fistula includes a first catheter, a second catheter, one or more magnetic field sensors, a user output device, and a control unit. The first catheter includes one or more first catheter magnetic elements and a fistula-forming element. The second catheter includes one or more second catheter magnetic elements. The one or more magnetic field sensors are configured to output a magnetic field signal. The control unit is configure...