US 11,690,648 B2
Surgical access device and method for using the same
Jacob C. Baril, Norwalk, CT (US); Matthew A. Dinino, Newington, CT (US); Saumya Banerjee, Hamden, CT (US); Scott J. Prior, Shelton, CT (US); and Brian J. Creston, Madison, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/808,151.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275214 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0293 (2013.01); A61M 1/84 (2021.05); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical system for accessing an operating cavity, comprising:
an access device configured for insertion within an operating cavity, the access device including an elongated sleeve having proximal and distal rims disposed on opposing ends of the elongated sleeve, the distal rim configured for insertion within an operating cavity and the proximal rim configured to seat against tissue outside the operating cavity; and
a wound guard configured for insertion within the access device, the wound guard including a pair of interleaved arcuate portions defining a diameter of the wound guard and each having a strap slot configured to receive a respective strap, each strap including a proximal end fixedly attached to the proximal rim of the access device and a distal end fixedly attached to the distal rim of the access device, wherein movement of the proximal rim relative to the distal rim applies tension on the respective straps to cause the pair of interleaved arcuate portions to move relative to one another to adjust the diameter of the wound guard relative to the access device.