US Patent Issued to AMBU on Oct. 20 for "Devices, systems, and methods for treating kidney stones" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,896, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AMBU A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).

"Devices, systems, and methods for treating kidney stones" was invented by Khurshid Ghani (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jeffrey Plott (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for treating kidney stones. In particular, provided herein are endoscopic (e.g., ureteroscope) devices with improved properties, as well as systems, and related methods for use in treating kidney stones and other applications."

The patent was filed on April 30, 2020, under Application No. 17/607,734.

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