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US 11,724,436 B2Granted
Nasal cast bender
OwnerSpencer Cochraninventor
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Abstract
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for shaping an external nasal cast. A nasal cast bender may comprise a base; and a protrusion protruding upwards from the base portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a handle and a bending surface comprising a convex profile; wherein the bending surface is configured to shape an external nasal cast.
Claims20
A nasal cast bender comprising:
- a base portion, wherein the base portion comprises a flat top and a flat bottom;
- and
- a protrusion protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a handle and a bending surface, wherein the bending surface comprises a varying radius along a length of the bending surface, wherein the bending surface protrudes upwards from the flat top of the base portion, wherein the bending surface forms a convex profile protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion, wherein a radius of the bending surface decreases from a radius of the handle between the handle and a midpoint of the bending surface, and wherein the radius of the bending surface increases from the midpoint to an end opposite the handle;
- wherein the bending surface is configured to shape an external nasal cast.
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A nasal cast bender comprising:
- a base portion, wherein the base portion comprises a flat top;
- a protrusion protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a bending surface, wherein the bending surface comprises a varying radius along a length of the bending surface, wherein the bending surface protrudes upwards from the flat top of the base portion, and wherein the bending surface forms a convex profile in the form of an upside down U protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion;
- and
- a line extending from the base portion to a hook;
- wherein the bending surface is configured to shape an external nasal cast.
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A method for shaping an external nasal cast, the method comprising:
- providing a nasal cast bender, wherein the nasal cast bender comprises:
- a base portion, wherein the base portion comprises a flat top;
- and
- a protrusion protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a bending surface, wherein the bending surface protrudes upwards directly from the flat top of the base portion, and wherein the bending surface forms a convex profile in the form of an upside down U protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion;
- bending, sliding, and/or pressing the external nasal cast along the bending surface;
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- shaping the external nasal cast based on the bending, sliding, and/or pressing.
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A method for retracting nasal skin and/or soft tissue, the method comprising:
- providing a nasal cast bender, wherein the nasal cast bender comprises:
- a base portion, wherein the base portion comprises a top and a bottom;
- a protrusion protruding upwards from the top of the base portion, wherein the protrusion comprises a bending surface, wherein the bending surface comprises a varying radius along a length of the bending surface, wherein the bending surface protrudes upwards directly from the top of the base portion, and wherein the bending surface forms a convex profile in the form of an upside down U protruding upwards from the flat top of the base portion;
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- a line extending from the base portion to a hook;
- separating a nasal skin and/or soft tissue from osseous and cartilaginous structures;
- peeling the nasal skin and/or the soft tissue towards a forehead of a patient;
- attaching the hook to the nasal skin and/or the soft tissue;
- traversing the forehead with the line;
- suspending the nasal cast bender past the forehead of the patient with the line;
- and
- retaining the nasal skin and/or the soft tissue separated from the osseous and cartilaginous structures using the nasal cast bender suspended past the forehead of the patient.
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