Adjustable nasal molding splint
OwnerMarcelo Ghersiinventor
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Abstract
A medical device for facilitating post-operative nasal reshaping includes a nose splint comprising a rigid curved surface shaped to fit over a dorsum of a patient's nose, the nose splint having a proximal surface and a distal surface; a tubular sleeve hingably attached to the distal surface of the nose splint; a pair of malleable arms movably coupled to the tubular sleeve, the pair of malleable arms configured to extend into a supratip of the patient's nose via the patient's nostrils; and an adjustable thumb nut coupled to the tubular sleeve and the pair of malleable arms, wherein the thumb nut is configured such that adjustment of the thumb nut moves the pair of malleable arms in a direction orthogonal to the distal surface of the nose splint.
Claims20
A medical device for facilitating post-operative nasal molding, the device comprising:
- a nose splint comprising a rigid curved surface shaped to fit over a dorsum of a patient's nose, the nose splint having a proximal surface and a distal surface;
- a tubular sleeve hingably attached to the distal surface of the nose splint;
- a pair of malleable arms movably coupled to the tubular sleeve, the pair of malleable arms configured to extend into a supratip of the patient's nose via the patient's nostrils;
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- an adjustable thumb nut coupled to the tubular sleeve and the pair of malleable arms, wherein the thumb nut is configured such that adjustment of the thumb nut moves the pair of malleable arms in a direction orthogonal to the distal surface of the nose splint.
A medical device for facilitating post-operative nasal molding, the device comprising:
- a nose splint comprising a rigid curved surface shaped to fit over a dorsum of a patient's nose, the nose splint having a distal surface and a proximal surface configured for application to the patient's nose;
- a tubular sleeve hingably attached to a hinge protruding from the distal surface of the nose splint;
- a pair of malleable arms movably coupled to the tubular sleeve, the pair of malleable arms configured to extend into a supratip of the patient's nose via the patient's nostrils;
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- an adjustable thumb nut coupled to the tubular sleeve and the pair of malleable arms, wherein the thumb nut is configured such that adjustment of the thumb nut moves the pair of malleable arms in a direction orthogonal to the distal surface of the nose splint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.