James Frank Kasic, II,Lawrence Kronick,Shawn P. Fojtik
申请号：
US16431597
公开号：
US20190388081A1
申请日:
2019.06.04
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
An intraluminal retractor includes a shapeable element formed by a series of shaping segments. The shaping segments may be associated with one another in a relaxed configuration that imparts the shapeable element with a linear, substantially linear or curvilinear shape to enable its insertion into an interior space within a subject's body. When actuated, the shaping segments may assume a contracted configuration that imparts the shapeable element with a desired shape, which may move an organ within which or against which the shapeable element is positioned, change a path of the organ and/or alter a shape of the organ. Methods for altering the locations, paths and/or shapes of organs are also disclosed.
