US 12,310,620 B2
Reusable surgical port with disposable seal assembly
Jacob Baril, Norwalk, CT (US); Justin Thomas, New Haven, CT (US); Roy Pilletere, Middletown, CT (US); and Matthew Dinino, Newington, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,810.
Application 17/994,810 is a continuation of application No. 16/564,780, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,523,842.
Prior Publication US 2023/0090131 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3462 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 17/3498 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical port, comprising:
a shell having a housing and a cannula extending from the housing, the housing having a sidewall defining a window therethrough; and
a seal assembly having an angled bottom surface and being selectively laterally receivable into the housing of the shell through the window of the housing from an external position, the housing of the shell having an annular keyed track that urges the seal assembly from a first position in which the angled bottom surface of the seal assembly is sloped in the same direction as the annular keyed track to a second position in which the angled bottom surface of the seal assembly is sloped in a different direction than the annular keyed track.