PEORIA — A Peoria doctor's medical invention has been used successfully for the first six times in Peoria and Tampa, Fla. Dr. Bob Smouse, an interventional radiologist, received FDA approval last year for the ConvertX, a device that will simplify the way patients with blocked ureters are treated. The ConvertX is, as its name implies, able to convert from one function to another, eliminating the need for a second invasive surgery after the ConvertX is inserted into a patient. The device has been used twice so far, three times each at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center and at Tampa General Hospital...
