ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,950, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Hefei, China).

"Laser resectoscope for minor caliber" was invented by Zhihui Zou (Hefei, China), Song Fan (Hefei, China), Li Zhang (Hefei, China), Aiping Wang (Hefei, China), Meng Zhang (Hefei, China), Shuiping Yin (Hefei, China), Changsheng Zhan (Hefei, China), Yongtao Hu (Hefei, China), Zongyao Hao (Hefei, China) and Chaozhao Liang (Hefei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser resectoscope for minor caliber includes a water back system, a water inlet system, a laser sheath system, an observation system. The water back system ...