Patent ID: 8133174
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A surgical portal apparatus for permitting access to a tissue site, which comprises: a portal member dimensioned for positioning within body tissue, the portal member having a passageway providing access to a tissue site and to permit introduction of a surgical object used in performing a surgical procedure adjacent the tissue site; and a portal seal mounted relative to the portal member and defining a seal axis, the portal seal including an elastic member defining a passage to permit passage of the surgical object generally along the seal axis and being adapted to establish a substantial sealed relation with the surgical object, and at least one fiber loop at least partially embedded within the elastic member, the fiber loop including an inner loop portion at least partially circumscribing the passage and being subject to an outward radial displacement upon insertion of the surgical object into the passage and an outer loop portion subject to an inwardly radial displacement during the outward radial displacement of the inner loop portion.