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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2008
Jeremy J. Albrecht, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Jennifer T. Ko, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gary M. Johnson, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
John R. Brustad, Dana Point, CA (US);
Kevin K. Dang, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Jeremy J. Albrecht, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Jennifer T. Ko, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gary M. Johnson, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
John R. Brustad, Dana Point, CA (US);
Kevin K. Dang, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Applied Medical Resources Corporation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical access device has a surgical retractor having a noncompliant outer ring with an annular axis, an inner ring, and a sleeve coupling the outer ring to the inner ring. The noncompliant outer ring is adapted to roll over itself around the annular axis to roll the sleeve around the outer ring to retract and seal an opening in a biological body wall. The access device may include a lid adapted for being coupled to the noncompliant outer ring of the surgical retractor. The outer ring of the surgical retractor has a cross-sectional shape that prohibits the lid from being partially or incorrectly coupled to the outer ring of the surgical retractor.