now to fig8 10 they show the distal portions of another introducer device embodying the invention the introducer 60 includes a sheath 62 and a tissue separation tip 64 the tissue separation tip 64 includes a plurality of fingers two of which are shown at 66 and 68 as in the previous embodiment the device may have two or more fingers in some embodiments the device may have four fingers in other embodiments six and in other embodiments even a greater number of fingers fig8 shows the introducer in the first closed configuration each finger is associated with an actuator for opening the finger in fig8 for example finger 66 is associated with actuator 70 and finger 68 is associated with actuator 72 the actuators are hingedly carried on the sheath in the distal portion of the sheath 62 as may be noted in fig8 finger 66 is connected to the sheath distal portion by a hinge 74 and finger 68 is connected to the sheath distal portion by a hinge 76 the manner in which the actuators open the fingers will be described in detail subsequently the introducer 60 when in the first configuration as shown in fig8 is ready to be placed at an entry site or to.