#$%^&*AU2014256408A120141120.pdf#####LAPAROSCOPIC PORT ASSEMBLY ABSTRACT A surgical port assembly (240) comprising a body attachable to a patient at an incision in a skin surface of the patient to facilitate deployment of instruments in the patient via the incision, said body having an outer side facing away from the patient and an inner side facing inwardly of or towards the patients skin surface during a surgical procedure and a funnel-shaped extension (242) on said outer side of said body.