Patent ID: 8579860

Claim:
A surgical portal apparatus, which comprises: a portal member dimensioned to access tissue and defining a longitudinal axis, and having a longitudinal passageway therethrough to permit access to underlying tissue, the portal member having leading and trailing ends, the portal member including a monolithically formed leading portal segment and a monolithically formed trailing portal segment directly connected to the leading portal segment, the leading portal segment and the trailing portal segment having respective leading and trailing portal sleeves, the leading portal segment and the trailing portal segment arranged to define a seal housing disposed at a longitudinal location between the leading and trailing portal sleeves; and a seal mount at least partially disposed within the seal housing and adapted for spherical rotational movement within the seal housing, the seal mount including at least one of an instrument seal adapted to establish a substantial sealed relation with a surgical object introduced within the longitudinal passageway or a closure valve adapted to substantially close the longitudinal passageway in the absence of the object.