| CPC A61B 17/0218 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0225 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |

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1. A device configurable between a closed configuration and an open configuration to form a passageway for passage of a surgical instrument therethrough, the device comprising:
a) a tubular member which is flexible, wherein the tubular member is configured to expand from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
b) a channel formed in the tubular member when in the open configuration which provides the passageway through the tubular member;
c) one or more wires inside of the tubular member biased toward the open configuration; and
d) one or more biasing devices configured to pass through the one or more wires to restrict the one or more wires in the closed configuration; and
wherein removal of the one or more biasing devices causes the one or more wires to become unrestricted and exert a radially outward force on an interior wall of the tubular member such that the tubular member radially expands from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
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