INDIGENOUSLY MANUFACTURED NASAL IMPLANTS SUITABLE FOR INDIAN DEMOGRAPHY

摘要

ABSTRACT Present invention provides specially designed, developed and indigenously manufactured Nasal Implants for Indian Demography. A low cost, biocompatible nose implant is fabricated and the manufacturing process is standardized to suit the Indian face morphology. These implants are used by ENT surgeons and Plastic surgeons in Augmentation Rhinoplasty surgery for the correction of depressed nose. Two aspects were taken into account namely the customization of implants that suit the Indian face morphology and reduction of cost. Within their ambit several problems with existing methods of hand carving of implants from a silicone block by doctors themselves as well as the problems related to the design and cost effectiveness of the imported ones were solved. Following invention is described in detail with the help of Figure 1 of sheet 1 showing the 3D model of the implant.