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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2005
Applicant:
Eric Dahlinger, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Inventor:
Eric Dahlinger, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical access device includes a tubular housing having two ends. Each end of the tubular housing has an opening there-through. A malleable bulbous exterior region is present along a portion of the tubular housing. The malleable bulbous exterior region is sufficiently adaptable to be compression fit within a bone tunnel. A flanged opening is provided at one of the ends of the tubular housing. A seal may be provided integral with the flanged opening.