US Patent:
20080097332, Apr 24, 2008
Inventors:
Ellis Greenhalgh - Wyndmoor PA, US
Michael Igoe - Perkasie PA, US
Assignee:
Stout Medical Group L.P. - Perkasie PA
International Classification:
A61M 39/04
Abstract:
This disclosure concerns self sealing access ports, and especially ports usable to provide access to body cavities for surgical procedures. A self-sealing surgical access port permitting a surgical tool to be used within a body cavity, for example during laparoscopic surgery, is disclosed. The tube can be elastically deformable radially outwardly to permit the surgical tool to pass through the duct and into the body cavity.