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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Rebecca Ann Wilkins, Royston, GB;
Thomas John Hector Copeland, Hertfordshire, GB;
Trevor Beckett, Milton, GB;
Cormac O'prey, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Daniel Brady, Old Windsor, GB;
Wai Ting Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel Leonard Fuller, Haverhill, GB;
Christopher John Silk, Cambridge, GB;
Rebecca Ann Wilkins, Royston, GB;
Thomas John Hector Copeland, Hertfordshire, GB;
Trevor Beckett, Milton, GB;
Cormac O'Prey, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Daniel Brady, Old Windsor, GB;
Wai Ting Chan, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel Leonard Fuller, Haverhill, GB;
Christopher John Silk, Cambridge, GB;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical access assembly for positioning within an opening in tissue including an outer frame positionable outside a patient and defining an opening therein dimensioned to receive a surgical instrument therethrough. The outer frame includes a first portion, a second portion and a locking portion. An inner member is positionable within a patient and a flexible member extends between the inner member and outer frame and is spreadable by actuation of the outer frame.