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US 2013/0172683 A1Published application
Surgical portal with gel and fabric seal assembly
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorRichard D. Gresham
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Abstract
A surgical portal assembly provides access to underlying tissue. The surgical portal has a seal which includes a gel layer and a fabric layer. The seal includes internal surfaces defining a passage for reception and passage of a surgical object in substantial sealed relation therewith.
Claims10
1-7. (canceled)
A surgical portal assembly comprising:
- a portal adapted to provide access to underlying tissue and having a longitudinal opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the portal, and defining proximal and distal ends;
- and
- a seal assembly having a seal passage for reception and passage of a surgical object introduced through the portal, the seal assembly including:
- a collar configured to secure the seal assembly with the portal;
- a seal element comprising a gel material, the seal element including opposing proximal and distal faces, the seal element depending radially inwardly from the collar;
- and
- first and second fabric layers arranged in juxtaposed relation on respective proximal and distal faces of the seal element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.