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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Applicant:
The Charlotte-mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Pierce B. Irby, III, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/26 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/26 (2013.01); A61B 1/00071 (2013.01); A61B 1/01 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22074 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22084 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3614 (2016.02); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for treating urinary (kidney) stones in patients using a small outer diameter ureteroscope may help overcome problems associated with conventional methods for removing kidney stones and may minimize patient discomfort, avoid hospitalization and reduce costs associated with more conventional surgical treatments of kidney stones. The methods can be carried out in an outpatient environment such as a urologists' office without requiring general anesthesia.