Distally Expandable Dilation Tube

A method of inserting an implant placement tube, comprising:

• inserting a serial dilator in a wound;
• placing a transitional dilator over said serial dilator, wherein a tip of said transitional dilator is closely mated to the diameter of said serial dilator and configured to expand when forced open;
• inserting an implant placement tube into said transitional dilator;
• and
• forcing said placement tube through said tip of said transitional dilator, expanding said tip to displace surrounding soft tissue.

A transitional dilator comprising:

• a dilator body having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein said dilator body defines a sleeve orifice configured to receive an implant placement tube;
• and
• a round tip formed on said distal end of said dilator body, wherein said round tip defines a converging orifice terminating at an exit orifice configured to closely mate with a serial dilator;
• in which said round tip including a converging orifice further includes a wall split configured to receive said implant placement tube and expand to accommodate passage of said implant placement tube through said exit orifice;
• wherein said sleeve orifice comprises a rectangular orifice and said exit orifice comprises a circular orifice;
• and
• wherein said round tip is made from an elastically deformable material that is hingedly coupled to said dilator body.