Patent ID: 11925385
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A surgical access assembly, comprising:
(a) a cannula having a proximal end, a distal end, and a cannula lumen extending therebetween;
(b) a housing coupled to the proximal end of the cannula, wherein the housing includes a housing interior in communication with the cannula lumen;
(c) a working channel extending between proximal and distal ends of the surgical access assembly along a central axis thereof, wherein the working channel is defined by the cannula lumen and the housing interior, wherein the working channel is configured to receive a surgical instrument therethrough along the central axis;
(d) a guide passage extending obliquely relative to the central axis; and
(e) a suture passer guide tube configured to slidably receive a suture passer device therethrough,
wherein the guide passage is configured to guide the suture passer guide tube distally through the surgical access assembly and across the working channel at an oblique angle relative to the central axis,
wherein at least a portion of the suture passer guide tube is configured to assume a resiliently deflected state while passing distally across the working channel from a first side of the working channel to a second side of the working channel and then resume a non-deflected state after emerging distally from the surgical access assembly.