Physician Enabled Laser Control from Ureteroscope Handle

Abstract

A method of performing a medical treatment within a urinary tract of a patient includes advancing an elongate shaft of a ureteroscope along the urinary tract of the patient to a treatment location and inserting a laser shaft of a laser medical instrument through a working channel of the ureteroscope. The method further includes defining a plurality of operating parameters of the laser medical instrument via a graphical user interface of the laser medical instrument disposed outside a sterile field. The method also includes activating the laser medical instrument via a foot pedal interface of the laser medical instrument disposed outside the sterile field. In addition, the method includes adjusting a subset of the plurality of operating parameters from within the sterile field via a remote operator interface of the laser medical instrument.

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