公开(公告)号：US20190261970A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US16345812

申请日：2017-10-23

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY ,  HANNAH C. COHEN ,  HAOMING RONG ,  AMANDA C. ENGLER ,  WILLIAM BEDINGHAM ,  NICHOLAS R. ROWLEY ,  KOREY W. KARLS ,  MICHAEL J. VOSTAL ,  MATTHEW T. SCHOLZ ,  MICHELLE H. STEVENS ,  CATHERINE D. HEART

IPC: A61B17/02 ,  A61F5/01

Abstract: Shapeable articles with structured elements and kits including one or more of the shapeable articles. The shapeable articles described herein have a variety of uses including use as surgical retractors for moving and/or restraining tissue and/or organs to improve access to a surgical site. The shapeable articles described herein can be shaped or manipulated into three-dimensional shapes without the use of tools and hold those shapes after removal of the force required to achieve the shape.