Patent ID: 9549758
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A surgical access assembly, comprising: a tissue engaging member having proximal and distal ends configured to be disposed on a perimeter of an opening in tissue; a resiliently compressible access port defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends; at least one lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the access port, the at least one lumen substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a resiliently compressible adapter configured to be received within the tissue engaging member, the adapter having a proximal end and a distal end including a flange defining an interior recess configured to engage the distal end of the access port, the adapter having a passage for the receipt of the access port, the distal end of the adapter having a diameter different from a diameter of the distal end of the access port, and the adapter having at least one opening at the distal end of the adapter configured to receive an object inserted through the at least one lumen of the access port, wherein the at least one opening at the distal end of the adapter and the at least one lumen of the access port are concentrically aligned, wherein a distal-most end of the access port is disposed within the interior recess of the adapter, and the proximal end of the access port engages the proximal end of the adapter.