Invention Application
- Patent Title: SHAPEABLE ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
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Application No.: US16345231Application Date: 2017-10-23
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Publication No.: US20190290252A1Publication Date: 2019-09-26
- Inventor: RANJANI V. PARTHASARATHY , HANNAH C. COHEN , HAOMING RONG , AMANDA C. ENGLER , WILLIAM BEDINGHAM , NICHOLAS R. POWLEY , KOREY W. KARLS , MICHAEL J. VOSTAL , MATTHEW T. SCHOLZ , MICHELLE H. STEVENS , CATHERINE D. HEAPY
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN SAINT PAUL
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN SAINT PAUL
- International Application: PCT/US2017/057819 WO 20171023
- Main IPC: A61B17/02
- IPC: A61B17/02 ; B32B15/20 ; B32B3/28 ; B32B7/05

Abstract:
Shapeable articles, kits including one or more of the shapeable articles, and methods of making and/or using the shapeable articles. The shapeable articles include a shapeable member that 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. The shapeable articles could have a variety of uses including use as surgical retractors to move and/or restrain non-target tissue and/or organs to improve access to the target tissue and/or organs.
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