US 11,986,411 B2
Devices and methods for treatment of body lumens
George Wilfred Duval, Sudbury, MA (US); Peter L. Dayton, Brookline, MA (US); and Evan Wilder, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Grove Maple, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/312,619.
Application 18/312,619 is a continuation of application No. 16/666,624, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,679,014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/752,574, filed on Oct. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270576 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0036 (2013.01) [A61B 5/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for performing a medical procedure, comprising:
a first device, wherein a distal portion of the first device includes a magnet having a magnetic field, and wherein the first device is configured to be advanced into a first body lumen; and
a second device configured to be advanced into a second body lumen, wherein the second device includes a magnetic field sensor, wherein the magnetic field sensor is configured to transmit a signal indicative of a magnetic field measured by the magnetic field sensor, wherein the signal is compared to one or more parameters relating to the magnetic field of the magnet, for identifying a position of the magnet.