Patent ID: 6994677

Claim:
A tissue localizing and separating assembly comprising: a tissue separator assembly comprising: an elongate tubular member comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween; a tissue separator device located near the distal end of the elongate tubular member, wherein the tissue separator device has a distal separator part movable between a retracted state, towards the elongate tubular member, and a radially operational state, away from the elongate tubular member; an elongate coupler extending through the lumen of the elongate tubular member and having a distal coupler end; and a tissue localization assembly comprising an elongate member and a localization device, wherein the elongate member has a proximal end and a distal end, and wherein the localization device is located at the distal end of the elongate member and is movable from a first, radially-contracted state to a second, radially-expanded state; wherein the distal coupler end and the proximal end of the elongate member of the tissue localization assembly are joinable to one another to permit the distal coupler end and the proximal end of the elongate member of the tissue localization assembly to be joined and moved into the lumen of the elongate tubular member thereby docking the tissue localization assembly to the tissue separator assembly.