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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Applicants:
Richard A. Hopper, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas S. Johnston, Jr., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Hopper, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas S. Johnston, Jr., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61F 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61F 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spring-biased nasal molding device for presurgical molding of cleft lip deformities, the device having a pair of intra-nasal shaping members for insertion into the nostrils and having an extra-nasal shaping member to be positioned external to the nostrils 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.