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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Amos G. Cruz, Franklin, MA (US);
Gregory Fischvogt, Hamden, CT (US);
Stanislaw Marczyk, Stratford, CT (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical apparatus for permitting access to tissue includes an elongated introducer and a surgical port. The introducer includes an outer wall segment defining a longitudinal axis, a longitudinal port passage extending therethrough and a longitudinal slot in communication with the port passage. The introducer is dimensioned for at least partial introduction within an opening in tissue. The surgical port includes a port body mounted to the introducer with one of its leading and trailing ends disposed within the port passage and with the intermediate segment extending through the longitudinal slot and the other of the leading and trailing end external of the elongated introducer. The port body is dimensioned to be advanced within the port passage for deployment through the opening in the tissue and is adapted to transition from a compressed state to a released state.