Patent ID: 9005118
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A lighted surgical access system for providing access to a patient, comprising: a surgical access device having a sidewall and an elongated opening in an outer surface of the sidewall that extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the surgical access device, wherein the surgical access device defines a port to a surgical site and includes an open distal end; an elongated light emitter that couples to the surgical access device by sliding into the elongated opening, the elongated light emitter including a bundle of fiber optic strands defining a branched path that terminates in a plurality of outlets and a housing for the bundle of fiber optic strands; and wherein the elongated opening includes windows, wherein each window aligns with a corresponding one of the outlets of the branched path to transfer light to an interior of the surgical access device.