Patent ID: 6972026

Claim:
A surgical device ( 1 ) for use in minimally invasive surgery of the type using an inflated body cavity ( 2 ) accessible to a surgeon through an access port, defined by the device ( 1 ), surrounding an incision in a patient's body, the device having: distal body cavity engagement means ( 5 ) for insertion into the incision to locate the device in position; proximal fixing means ( 6 ) for attaching the device to a patient's skin; a sleeve ( 4 ) connected between the body cavity engagement means ( 5 ) and the fixing means defining an access port; and characterized in that the device includes sealing means ( 10 , 12 ), operating on the sleeve ( 4 ) to prevent substantial leakage of gas from the body cavity ( 2 ) on inflation when in an inoperative position and formed to mould to a substantial portion of a surgeon's hand or surgical instrument on insertion in an operating position, the sealing means being provided by an inflatable first seal ( 10 ) for engaging and retracting the incision and a second inflatable seal ( 12 ) for sealing the lumen of the tube or sleeve bore, in which the sleeve ( 4 ) is provided by a perforated wall defining a substantially cylindrical tube.