ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,929, issued on July 7, was assigned to ELMED ELEKTRONIK VE MEDIKAL SAN. TIC. A.S. (Ankara, Turkey).

"Flexible ureteroscope (fURS) haptic feedback mechanism for a robotic-assisted retrograde intra renal surgical (RA-RIRS) system and associated method(s) thereof" was invented by Ahmet Sinan Kabakci (Ankara, Turkey) and Erhan Koruk (Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fURS haptic feedback mechanism includes a sensing unit configured to be retrofitted to an existing controlled section of a robotic-assisted retrograde intra renal surgical (RA-RIRS) system that manipulates an existing fURS shaft. The sensing unit includes a fURS...