Convertible surgical access port

Abstract

A surgical assisting device for use in a surgical procedure. The surgical assisting device comprises a flexible wall configured to form a chamber capable of assuming a volume larger than 500 000 mm3. The surgical assisting device further comprises a closable wall port placed in a first portion of the flexible wall and forming a closable port for transfer between the chamber and the ambient environment, and a closable body port placed in a second portion of the flexible wall and configured to be connected to an incision in the body of the patient and forming a closable port for enabling transfer between the chamber and a cavity in the body of the patient, during the surgical procedure. The chamber has a first volume when the wall port and the body port is at a first distance from each other, and a second smaller volume when the wall port and the body port is at a second, shorter distance from each other.

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