Ear scaffold

摘要

A scaffold for reshaping the cartilaginous portion of an ear. The scaffold is formed of shape memory material and in the form of a horseshoe shape, or is formed from a thermoplastic pliable material.

主权项

1. A scaffold for reshaping the cartilaginous portion of an ear, the scaffold comprising engaging members and being formed from a shape memory material which transforms from a first, substantially planar configuration to a second, horseshoe shaped, pre-programmed configuration, wherein the scaffold is resiliently biased in the second pre-programmed configuration and comprises tangential extensions, wherein said horseshoe shaped configuration is a U shape defined by two tangential extensions arranged either inclined toward a central axis through the middle of the U shape to define a tapered configuration or in a parallel configuration, and wherein said engaging members project substantially perpendicular from the tangential extensions.