Patent ID: 11969187
Assignee: NICO CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surgical access assembly for creating an operative pathway through body tissue, comprising:
an outer sheath defined by an open distal end and an open proximal end and including a hollow body portion therebetween;
an obturator defined by a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end further comprises a tapered distal tip member that terminates in a closed distal tip for atraumatically dilating tissue at an area of interest; and
a holding arrangement maintained at the proximal end of the outer sheath and configured to maintain an exoscope at a fixed distal and coaxial position relative to the distal end of the outer sheath to provide an image of the area of interest, wherein the holding arrangement includes a reinforcement section configured to extend at least partially around the exoscope to maintain the exoscope at the fixed distance relative to the distal end of the outer sheath.