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Instrument access device

  • US 9,408,597 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2013
  • Issued: 08/09/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An instrument access device, comprising:

  • a wound retractor, including;

    a proximal member,a distal member, anda retractor sleeve extending proximally from the distal member toward the proximal member for retracting laterally the sides of a wound opening, wherein the retractor sleeve is configured such that the retraction is applied by shortening an axial extent of the retractor member between the proximal member and the distal member;

    a cap removably coupled to the wound retractor; and

    at least one instrument seal assembly removably coupled to the cap, the at least one instrument seal assembly including;

    a distal end including a flange and a distally extending taper,a proximal end, at least a portion of the proximal end being wider than a widest part of the flange, andan intermediate portion extending between the flange and the portion of the proximal end, the intermediate portion having a narrower width than each of the widest part of the flange and the portion of the proximal end, wherein the intermediate portion contacts the cap for removably coupling the at least one instrument seal assembly to the cap.

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