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Access assembly insertion device

  • US 9,017,251 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2014
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of accessing a body cavity comprising:

  • providing an access assembly including an inflatable port and a rigid inflation cannula fixedly received within the inflatable port, wherein the inflatable port is transitionable between a tapered configuration to facilitate reception of the access assembly through tissue and an hour-glass configuration to maintain the access assembly within tissue;

    inserting the access assembly through tissue when the inflatable port is in the tapered configuration;

    securing the access assembly within the tissue by inflating the inflatable port to the hour-glass configuration; and

    performing a procedure through the inflatable port.

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