A suspension system (10) for supporting surgical devices inside a patients body cavity comprising an external frame (20), a plurality of elongated members (40) extending from the external frame (20) and through the patients skin into the body cavity, and an internal platform (60) located inside the body cavity. The internal platform (60) includes a plurality of links (61) reconfigurable from a first elongated position wherein the links (61) are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis for insertion to a second position wherein the links (61) are angled with respect to one another to form a non-linear configuration.
