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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
David Martin, Milford, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark J. Reese, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Carl Shurtleff, Mason, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Duke, West Chester, OH (US);
Daniel J. Mumaw, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Mark S. Ortiz, Milford, OH (US);
David Martin, Milford, OH (US);
Matthew C. Miller, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark J. Reese, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Wells D. Haberstich, Loveland, OH (US);
Carl Shurtleff, Mason, OH (US);
Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Daniel Duke, West Chester, OH (US);
Daniel J. Mumaw, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Johnson, Milford, OH (US);
Kevin L. Houser, Springboro, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for allowing multiple surgical instruments to be inserted into sealing elements of a single surgical access device. The sealing elements can be movable along predefined pathways within the device to allow surgical instruments inserted through the sealing elements to be moved laterally, rotationally, angularly, and vertically relative to a central longitudinal axis of the device for ease of manipulation within a patient's body while maintaining insufflation.