Patent ID: 8974379
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical access device for accessing a bodily opening defined by tissue, the medical access device comprising: an elongated flexible sheath defining a sheath lumen and having a longitudinal axis, the flexible sheath having a proximal end and a distal end; a port non-detachably affixed to the distal end of the flexible sheath, the port having an interior surface defining a passageway and an exterior surface tapered in a distal direction, the passageway receiving the distal end of the sheath therein and being in communication with the sheath lumen, the port having an annular body defining the interior and exterior surfaces and substantially filling the space between the exterior surface of the port and the distal end of the flexible sheath, the exterior surface defining an annular channel opening radially and sized to receive at least a portion of the tissue therein.