US 12,402,872 B2
Convertible tissue retractor
Thomas R. Galbierz, Brentwood, TN (US); and Michael A. Galbierz, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to GSQUARED MEDICAL LLC, Brentwood, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/797,990
Filed by GSQUARED MEDICAL LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/018837
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/173447, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,377, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044918 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61F 13/0246 (2024.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/02 (2013.01) [A61F 13/0253 (2013.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/912 (2021.05); A61B 2017/0212 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A convertible adhesive device for repositioning and stabilizing excessive and/or redundant tissue prior to a medical/surgical procedure and for maintaining the excessive and/or redundant tissue away from a wound site after the medical/surgical procedure; the convertible adhesive device comprising a perioperative portion, a post-operative portion, and a release liner:
said perioperative portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, and comprising a top layer; the perioperative portion having an elongation factor less than an elongation factor of said post-operative portion;
said post-operative portion having an upper surface and a lower surface; said post-operative portion defining an area smaller than an area of said perioperative potion, such that a margin is defined between edges of said post-operative portion and said peri-operative portion;
wherein the perioperative portion is removably adhered to the upper surface of the post-operative portion by means of an adhesive; and the release liner is removably adhered to the lower surface of at least the post-operative portion by means of an adherent, said adherent comprising a silicone gel, an acrylate adhesive, or both; said adhesive holding said perioperative portion to said post-operative portion being weaker than said adherent;
wherein the perioperative portion includes at least one separable line, at least a part of which overlies said post-operative portion, and at least one pull tab proximate said at least one separable line, said at least one pull tab being positioned within and spaced interiorly of the edges of the post-operative portion, said at least one pull tab comprising an adhered portion secured to said perioperative portion and a grasping portion, said adhered portion being positioned on one side of said at least one separable line and said grasping portion positioned at least in part on an opposite side of said at least one separable line; whereby, when said pull tab is pulled, said perioperative portion will be removed from said post-operative portion.