Device for correcting an ingrown nail

Details Device for correcting an ingrown nail Device for correcting an ingrown nail

1997-03-18

1998-12-22

Brown, Michael A.

Surgery

Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants

Chafing shields

128893, A61F 1306

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058508376

ABSTRACT:
A device which is installed onto an ingrown nail of a human toe to correct the ingrown nail, includes a support member affixed to the ingrown nail, and a correcting member supported by the support member and effecting force on the ingrown nail toward the correcting direction for the ingrown portion of the nail. The correcting member may be formed of a superelastic material which is shape-memory-treated to memorize a first shape, and which is deformed to a second shape different from the first shape so as to be installed onto a surface of the ingrown nail of the human toe in the second shape.

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patent: 4057055 (1977-11-01), Clark
patent: 4674486 (1987-06-01), Hoffman
patent: 5626612 (1997-05-01), Bartlett

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