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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2022
The Catholic University of Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Yeong Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An ingrown fingernail/toenail correction device using a shape memory alloy, includes a first fixing part configured to be fixed to an ingrown fingernail/toenail, a second fixing part configured to be fixed to the ingrown fingernail/toenail and spaced apart from the first fixing part at a predetermined distance, and a correction part inserted into the first fixing part and the second fixing part and made of a shape memory alloy so that when the correction part reaches a preset temperature, a shape of the correction part returns to a preset shape to provide a corrective force to the first fixing part and the second fixing part.