Ingrown nail correcting device

Details Ingrown nail correcting device Ingrown nail correcting device

1996-02-08

2000-08-01

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

Splint or brace

602 31, A61F 500

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060959959

ABSTRACT:
The ingrown nail correcting device is to correct ingrown toenails by using a plate-like member made from a shape memorizing alloy or shape memorizing resin material. A plate-like member (10) formed from a shape memorizing alloy or shape memorizing resin material is preliminarily made to memorize a specified shape at a specified temperature. The plate-like member (10) is bent in accordance with the bent portions of an ingrown nail (12) of a big toe (11) at room temperature, and adhesively bonded to the surface of the ingrown nail (12) with the aid of an adhesive agent. The atmospheric temperature is elevated to the specified temperature, whereby the ingrown nail (12) is corrected by the restoring force of the plate-like member (10) directed toward the arrows..quadrature.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4601283 (1986-07-01), Chikama
patent: 4944727 (1990-07-01), McCoy
patent: 5261872 (1993-11-01), Goldenberg

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