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.
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.
Abstract:
An inflatable medical article that includes: a polyester-containing layer including a fabric layer that includes at least one nonwoven web of fibers including an aliphatic polyester, wherein at least a portion of the aliphatic polyester is exposed at the surface of the fibers; a polyolefin-containing layer including a polyolefin film, a nonwoven web including polyolefin fibers, or a combination thereof; a tie layer bonding the polyester-containing layer to the polyolefin-containing layer; an optional sheet; and at least one inflatable chamber formed between the polyolefin-containing layer and the tie layer, or between the polyester-containing layer and the tie layer, or between the polyolefin-containing layer and the optional sheet (when the sheet is present).