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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Ranjani V. Parthasarathy, Woodbury, MN (US);
Hannah C. Cohen, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Haoming Rong, Woodbury, MN (US);
Amanda C. Engler, Woodbury, MN (US);
William Bedingham, Woodbury, MN (US);
Nicholas R. Powley, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Korey W. Karls, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael J. Vostal, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Matthew T. Scholz, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michelle H. Stevens, Bloomington, MN (US);
Catherine D. Heapy, North Saint Paul, MN (US);
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
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.