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DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS INTO A BODY CAVITY

  • US 20100249525A1
  • Filed: 06/05/2009
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical access device, comprising:

  • a flexible retractor having a working channel extending therethrough; and

    a seal housing having a plurality of sealing elements disposed therein and configured to form a seal around an instrument inserted therethrough, the seal housing being freely movably suspended within a distal portion of the flexible retractor by a flexible tether coupled to the flexible retractor such that at least a portion of the seal housing can extend distally beyond the distal end of the retractor and can be freely angularly oriented relative to the retractor.

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