A deformable seal for use together with a laparoscopic port has a deformable body with an upper region, a lower region, and a narrowed waist. A plurality of tool passing channels are individually formed in an axial direction through the deformable body, and each tool passing channel has a tool entrance on a surface of the upper region and a tool exit on a surface of the lower region. The tool passing channels are sufficiently elastic to conform to and seal about a shaft of a laparoscopic tool present in the channel and to close to inhibit leakage of an insufflation gases when the tool is removed from the tool passing channel.
