Patent ID: 8485971

Claim:
A surgical access apparatus, which comprises: an access housing defining a longitudinal axis, and having a support wall generally extending along the longitudinal axis and forming a first internal passageway configured and dimensioned to permit passage of at least one of a hand and an arm of a surgeon; and a base mountable to the access housing, the base including: a housing mount coaxially mounted about the support wall of the access housing and adapted for longitudinal sliding movement along the support wall; a liner member positionable within an incision of a patient to at least partially line the incision, the liner member having a first end for positioning within the body and a second end for positioning external of the body and being connected to the housing mount; and a displacement member operatively connected to the access housing and to the second end of the liner member, the displacement member adapted for movement to cause longitudinal sliding movement of the housing mount along the support wall and relative to the access housing, and corresponding displacement of the second end of the liner member relative to the access housing whereby the liner member engages tissue forming the incision to at least partially retract the incision.