Patent ID: 8162895
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical access apparatus for providing access inside a body, comprising: a housing having a first port; a tubular member extending distally from the housing and defining a longitudinal axis therealong, wherein the tubular member includes a lumen extending therethrough; a shaft insert disposed in the lumen of the tubular member, the shaft insert including a series of grooves formed in an outer surface thereof, wherein the shaft insert forms first, second, and third passageways between the grooves and an inner surface of the lumen of the tubular member, the first, second and third passageways extending along the lumen of the tubular member, wherein each of the first, second, and third passageways is adapted to receive a surgical instrument, the shaft insert including an atraumatic blunt tip at a distal end thereof and extending distally of the tubular member; and a first seal assembly covering the first port of the housing and defining a first passage disposed in communication with the first passageway defined by the shaft insert in the tubular member, wherein the first seal assembly is adapted to form a seal around the surgical instrument inserted through the first passage of the first seal assembly.