Abstract: A device for creating a percutaneous access port of variable size through dilation of an initial percutaneous penetration in a body cavity wall. The device includes an insufflation and access needle for producing an initial puncture within the body cavity wall, a tubular dilator having an axial length, distal end for insertion within the body cavity wall and a proximal end for extending outside the body cavity wall during creation of the percutaneous access port. The tubular dilator has a single piece tubular body having a stem section between its distal and proximal ends and an expanded funnel-shaped surface at its proximal end. The tubular dilator can be releasably attached to the insufflation and access needle at its distal end into an axial compression device at its funnel-shaped proximal end.

Abstract: Game set and storage system in which game pieces are stored in a preset arrangement relative to their starting positions on the game board. The set includes a game piece holder which has a plurality of compartments for holding the game pieces in an inverted position. The board is placed on the holder in an inverted position with its playing surface facing down and the board serving as a cover for the holder. To set up the game the holder is inverted with the now upright board on the under side thereof, and the board is dislodged from the holder, by pressing against the upper surface of the board with a finger inserted through a hole provided in the holder for that purpose. When the holder is lifted away, the game pieces are left in their proper starting positions on the board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a game board device, more specifically to a chessboard game device having self-setting capability for its game pieces. Disclosed are five different embodiments of chessboard game devices having the capability of automatically setting-up chess pieces on their chessboards. The third preferred embodiment has a chessboard with a magnetically attractive surface covered by a chessboard sticker, and two holders on either side of a game box, with 16 compartments arranged in two rows of eight in each holder. Each holder contains either black or white chess pieces in its compartments in an inverted position and each chess piece has a magnet disposed in its base. The compartments are arranged to match the starting positions on the chessboard, so that when the chessboard is placed upside-down over the holders, the magnetic bases of the inverted chess pieces make contact with the appropriate squares on the chessboard, and are magnetically attached.