Four highlights:
1. Interventional radiologist Dr. Koh and her team performed the procedure at Azura Vascular Care Woodland Park (N.J.) on Jan. 21. The patient was a 67-year-old woman.
2. Since then, the team has completed six more procedures using Ellipsys in the ASC.
3. Avenu Medical developed Ellipsys to connect an artery to a vein via a unique catheter.
4. The minimally invasive procedure replaces an incision with a needle puncture, surgical dissection with ultrasound imaging, and sutures with tissue fusion.
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