Spring-Biased Nasal Molding Device

摘要

A spring-biased nasal molding device for presurgical molding of cleft lip deformities, the device having a V-shaped spring member joined to a pair of intra-nasal shaping members for insertion in a nostril, and having an extra-nasal shaping member to be positioned external to the nostril connected to each intra-nasal shaping member, wherein the intra-nasal and extra-nasal shaping members are brought together by the spring member to mold the nasal anatomy into the desired shape.

主权项

1. A nasal molding device adapted for pre-surgical molding of cleft lip deformities in a patient, said device comprising:
two intra-nasal shaping members; a spring member connecting said intra-nasal shaping members, said spring member having a V-shaped configuration; an extra-nasal shaping member connected to each of said intra-nasal shaping members; wherein said intra-nasal shaping members are adapted to be positioned in the nostrils of the patient having a cleft lip deformity and said extra-nasal shaping members are adapted to be positioned along the alar creases of the patient, such that the tissue of the patient is retained between the intra-nasal shaping members and the extra-nasal shaping, and whereby said intra-nasal shaping members are separable by manually flexing said spring member, and whereby upon release said spring member brings said intra-nasal shaping members together over an arced pathway.