New system will form fistulas with no surgery
TVA Medical, from Austin, TX, has a new system that creates dialysis fistulas by inserting one catheter into an artery and one into a vein, linking them with magnets, then using a burst of radiofrequency energy to create a fistula. The pipeline product, called everlinQ, is being studied in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and early results look very promising.
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