Patent ID: 9320539
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A surgical system adapted for dissection of tissue away from a body lumen, the surgical system comprising: a tool including a shaft connected between a handle and a tissue dissection head, with at least the tissue dissection head of the tool magnetized to a first polarity; and a catheter insertable into a urethra, with a portion of the catheter magnetized to the same polarity as the first polarity; wherein, when the catheter is inserted into the urethra, the polarity of the catheter is configured to repel the first polarity of the tissue dissection head of the tool away from the catheter and away from the urethra; wherein the portion of the catheter magnetized to the same polarity as the first polarity is located in an approximate 180 degree arc around the circumference of the catheter.