Patent ID: 8821390

Claim:
A surgical access assembly, comprising: a sleeve including a sleeve body having a trailing end and a leading end, the trailing end of the sleeve body connected to a first end, the leading end of the sleeve body connected to a second end, the sleeve adapted for insertion within tissue to access an underlying tissue site, the sleeve defining a first passage therethrough, the first passage having a first diameter; and a port having trailing and leading ends and defining at least one second passage extending therethrough, the port adapted for insertion within the first passage of the sleeve in a sealed relationship therewith, the trailing and leading ends of the port positioned between the first and second ends of the sleeve when the port is positioned within the first passage of the sleeve, the at least one second passage adapted for a sealed reception of a surgical object therethrough, the at least one second passage having at least one second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the at least one second diameter, the port being selectively removably positionable within the first passage of the sleeve between upper and lower surfaces of the tissue, the port adapted to exert a force that extends radially outward through the sleeve body and into the tissue between the upper and lower surfaces of the tissue, the trailing end of the port having a first lip extending radially outwardly therefrom and the leading end of the port having a second lip extending radially outwardly therefrom, the first lip positionable above the upper surface of the tissue and the second lip positionable below the lower surface of the tissue, the first and second lips defining a channel therebetween, at least a portion of the sleeve body being securable within the channel.