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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2009
Patrick M. Schleitweiler, West Chester, OH (US);
Salvatore G. Caldarise, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Theodore R. Farrell, Penfield, NY (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Patrick M. Schleitweiler, West Chester, OH (US);
Salvatore G. Caldarise, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Michael S. Cropper, Edgewood, KY (US);
Steven G. Hall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jerome R. Morgan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Theodore R. Farrell, Penfield, NY (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for providing access through tissue to a surgical site. Generally, the methods and devices allow adjustment of a surgical access port's longitudinal length. In one embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a housing having a cannula distally extending therefrom. The housing can be configured to cut a proximal portion of the cannula to adjust a longitudinal length of the cannula and hence of the surgical access port. In another embodiment, a surgical access port is provided that includes a cannula formed of a plurality of modular segments removably coupled together. One or more of the segments can be configured to be removable from the cannula to change the cannula's longitudinal length.