Ko te ureteroscope hiko he taputapu hauora e whakamahia ana mō te tirotiro me te rongoā i te ara mimi. He momo endoscope tēnei he ngongo ngāwari me te pūtake mārama me te kāmera i te pito. Mā tēnei taputapu ka taea e ngā tākuta te tiro i te ureter, arā, te ngongo e hono ana i te whatukuhu ki te pūkahukahu, me te tātari i ngā āhuatanga rerekē, ngā āhuatanga rānei. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi mō ngā tikanga pēnei i te tango i ngā kōhatu whatukuhu, te tango tauira kiko rānei hei tātaritanga anō. Ka tukuna e te ureteroscope hiko he kaha whakaahua kua whakapaitia, ā, tera pea kei roto ngā āhuatanga matatau pēnei i te whakamakuku me te kaha laser mō ngā wawaotanga whai hua me te tika.