Patent ID: 8241251

Claim:
A seal assembly for use with a trocar device, which comprises: a housing defining a longitudinal axis and having a passageway therethrough dimensioned to permit passage of a surgical instrument, the housing adapted for mounting to a trocar device; a first seal comprising a gel material and being mounted to the housing across the passageway, the first seal including inner seal portions defining an access channel dimensioned to form a substantial sealing relation with and in direct contact with the surgical instrument when advanced along the passageway; a second seal comprising a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the gel material, the second seal embedded within and in direct contact with the first seal in the absence of the surgical instrument, the second seal arranged to stabilize the first seal and to receive the surgical instrument in substantial sealed relation, the second seal including one of a conical seal and a duckbill seal; and a third seal comprising a material having a hardness greater than a hardness of the gel material, the third seal disposed at a proximal end of the first seal, the third seal arranged to maintain the configuration of the first seal.