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Apparatus and method for providing percutaneous access and medicament to a target surgical site

  • US 20040199121A1
  • Filed: 01/21/2004
  • Published: 10/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical access system for forming and enlarging a percutaneous penetration, the surgical access system comprising:

  • a radially expandable dilation assembly having a radially expandable sleeve body defining a lumen having a first cross-sectional area and a handle portion coupled to a proximal end of the sleeve body, the handle portion defining an aperture formed therein, the handle portion including an introducer seal disposed across the aperture formed in the handle portion and defining an opening formed therein;

    an expansion assembly including an expansion member having an axial lumen with a second cross sectional area, wherein the expansion member is configured and dimensioned to be selectively receivable within the aperture formed in the handle portion of the lumen of the sleeve body; and

    a polymerical layer encasing the sleeve body.

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