urosurg, I believe that was part of the plan... the gel port was to allow access for a trocar or other additional manual instrument alongside the main insertion tube.
It would be interesting to dig to see if the available information still describes a 25mm incision or if it requires a larger incision, with the insertion tube being a 25mm OD.
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Generally speaking, one can't do traditional lap surgery through a gel port. The lap instruments have to be far enough apart (generally a handbreadth or more) to triangulate tissues. For Titan, a gel port could allow the assistant at the bedside to access the abdomen through the gel port erasing the need for an additional assistant port. The DaVinci SP (single port) for example, requires a second incision for an bedside assistant port to be placed for suction, tissue manipulation, etc. For the majority of operations that require bedside assistance, the DaVinci SP is not truly single port. It is single port plus 1 or 2 ports. The gel port for the titan could allow truly single incision surgery. Just my 2 cents...
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