Patent ID: 8328844

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; a trocar housing having a trocar seal dimensioned and adapted to establish a substantial seal about the surgical instrument, the trocar sleeve extending from the trocar housing, the trocar adapter including an adapter base, the adapter base adapted to releasably mount to the access housing of the access member.