Nail Shaper for Ingrown Nail and False Nail

Abstract

An extremely easy-to-handle nail shaper (1) for an ingrown a nail which can be attached to and detached from a nail easily without requiring any special tool, and a false nail using the nail shaper (1). The nail shaper (1) is attached to the surface of a nail (A) and has a body portion (2) formed of a spring plate material with a width corresponding to the width of the nail (A). A pair of right and left retainers (3, 3) turned downward are provided on the opposite sides at the distal edge (2f) of the body portion (2). A groove (6) into which a nail tip is received and retained is formed between each retainer (3, 3) and the body portion (2). With the nail tip received in the groove (6), the body portion (2) deflects to generate a restoring force on the opposite sides, thus shaping the nail (A) into the normal form.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a nail shaper for ingrown nails which is used to shape an ingrown nail into its normal form, and a false nail to be used with the nail shaper.BACKGROUND ART[0002]As shown in FIG. 18, among the finger and toe nails, the big toe nail A tends to deform so that its side edges. A1 and A2 are curved toward each other. The nail A deformed as such is generally referred to as an “ingrown nail,” which may not only look ugly but also push particularly the distal end portion of the side edges A1 and A2 against the toe tip to break into the skin, thereby causing inflammation accompanied by pain.[0003]Conventionally, ingrown nails of this type have been reformed or medically treated under the supervision of medical doctors. As shown in FIG. 18, a wire B is placed at the distal end portion of the nail A, so that the wire B can straighten the ingrown nail A.[0004]However, the aforementioned reforming method using the wire B is carried out under ...

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Benefits of technology

[0020]An adhesive bandage provided with a pad may be impregnated or coated with a medicine such as a wound healing drug at least at both end portions of the pad. This makes it possible to simultaneously conduct medical treatment for the wound portions caused by the edges of the ingrown nail.

[0021]The nail sha

Problems solved by technology

However, the aforementioned reforming method using the wire B is carried out under the supervision of medical doctors and cannot be followed by the patient himself or herself.

Furthermore, since there are several levels of symptom of ingrown nails, it is inevitable that the doctor will give a medical treatment if

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