Patent ID: 8123682

Claim:
A surgical access system, which comprises: an access member including: lower and upper segments; a sleeve segment including a flexible membrane extending between the lower and upper segments, the sleeve segment dimensioned and adapted for positioning through a tissue tract to substantially line the tissue tract; an access housing mounted to the sleeve segment, the sleeve segment and the access housing defining a passage therethrough; and an access seal mounted to the access housing, the access seal dimensioned and adapted to establish a substantial seal about an arm or hand of a clinician; and a trocar adapter releasably connectable to the access housing in the absence of the arm or hand of the clinician, and having a trocar sleeve dimensioned for reception of a surgical instrument, the trocar sleeve at least partially disposed within the passage of the access member when the trocar adapter is mounted to the access housing, the trocar adapter having a trocar seal dimensioned and adapted to establish a substantial seal about the surgical instrument.