Patent ID: 9216061
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for using a medical device in a medical system, the medical device having a wrist joint to orient a distal tip of the medical device, the method comprising: controllably actuating the wrist joint to manipulate a tip of the medical device so as to point towards a target tissue and activating a laser beam through an optical fiber extending through the medical device to a distal end of the tip so as to sever a portion of the target tissue; and controllably actuating the wrist joint to manipulate the tip of the medical device so as to point towards a non-severed portion of the target tissue and providing first and second biomaterials through separate lumens of a catheter extending through the medical device to the distal end of the tip so as to apply a mixture of the first and second biomaterials to the non-severed portion of the target tissue.