Patent ID: 8652090

Claim:
A surgical portal plug comprising: a close-ended sheath characterized by a distal portion, a central portion, a proximal portion, an outer surface, an inner surface, an inner diameter and an outer diameter; an inner core disposed within the sheath, said inner core characterized by an outer surface and having one or more longitudinal flutes on its outer surface, said inner core terminating distally at a point proximal to the closed-end of the sheath; wherein the inner diameter of said sheath is sized and dimensioned to form a seal between the inner surface of the sheath and the outer surface of the inner core, creating drainage lumens along the longitudinal flutes when the inner core is disposed within the sheath; a plurality of drainage apertures disposed on the central portion of the sheath on the sheath outer surface in fluid communication with at least one drainage lumen; and a plurality of retention features positioned around the drainage apertures on the face of the outer surface of the sheath in fluid communication with at least one drainage lumen.