Surgical nasal splint
OwnerDonald E. Doyleinventor
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Abstract
A one piece plastic nasal splint is presized to fit the nasal passage, an isthmus bridging the columella to provide anterior fixation while a single suture provides posterior fixation.
Claims7
A surgical nasal septum splint made of one piece of flexible material, and characterized by two splint limbs having anterior ends joined together by an isthmus adapted to underlie the columella of the patient to provide an anchor to preclude accidental aspiration, and having free posterior ends for conjoint nasal insertion, each of the limbs having a flat inside surface to fit against the nasal septum.
The process of stabilizing the septum of a patient following nasal reconstruction, which comprises placing a one piece splint in the two nasal passages of the patient leaving an anterior bridge or isthmus part of the splint at the columella;
- thereafter suturing only the posterior end of the splint to the septum.
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