Patent ID: 7850667

Claim:
A low profile surgical access device, comprising: an elongated cannula having an opening defined at a proximal end thereof including an inner peripheral surface dimensioned to facilitate passage of instrumentation therethrough and an outer peripheral surface configured to operatively engage and removably secure to tissue, wherein the proximal end of the cannula includes a flange ring having an underside that mechanically engages and secures the cannula to tissue; a valve operatively coupled to the elongated cannula, the valve providing a substantially fluid tight seal when instrumentation is inserted through the cannula; and a seal housing positionable relative to the cannula and configured to operatively engage and removably secure to tissue, the seal housing including an instrument seal for insertion of instrumentation therethrough, the seal housing and the instrument seal being positionable in vertical registry with the valve in the elongated cannula, wherein the elongated cannula and the seal housing separately and mechanically engage tissue.