Table 3.

LESS multi-channel access devices.

PRODUCT	DESCRIPTION
Triport+ (Olympus America Inc, Center Valley, PA, USA)	A multi-instrument disposable access port that allows up to three instruments to be used simultaneously through a single incision.
Gelpoint (Applied Medical Corp, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA)	A multi-instrument disposable port that facilitates triangulation of standard instruments through the gel cap. Maximizes internal working diameter and offers greater freedom of movement.
SILS port (Covidien, Mansfield, MA, USA)	A flexible laparoscopic port that can accommodate up to three instruments through a single incision. This product is designed to use multiple instruments with maximal maneuverability.
SSL access system (Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio USA)	Enables the insertion of multiple surgical instruments through the seal cap. Seal cap rotates 360° for quick reorientation. Eliminates need for trocars.
OCTO port (dalimSurgNet Corp, Seoul, South Korea)	Detachable port cap with soft silicon cover and different port heights. Includes four ports for introducing instruments via one incision.
AirSeal for single port surgery (SurgiQuest, Inc, Orange, CT, USA)	Insert multiple instruments using a single cannula. Possible to use unique size and shape instruments for triangulation.
X-cone (KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)	Reusable access for transumbilical laparoscopy. The design offers high instrument mobility, stable instrument guidance and comfortable introduction technique.
Cuschieri endocone (KARL STORZ GmbH & Co KG, Tuttlingen, Germany)	Reusable system was developed as a holistic solution (port-instruments-retraction system) to facilitate the execution of LESS.
InnoPort (Innovia LLC, Miami, FL, USA)	Simple, cone-shape design grants physicians unrestricted access to the abdominal cavity with up to three rigid, curved, and/or articulating 5 mm instruments.