Ear Base Support Tab for Rim Attachment Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ear reconstruction frameworks face challenges in secure attachment of the rim to the ear base during surgery, with insufficient connection points leading to instability and potential misalignment.
Innovation Solution
An improved ear base framework with a support tab extending from the ear base, providing an additional attachment point between the ear base and the rim, which can be secured using heat welding or suturing, enhancing stability and cooperation between components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional ear base framework without support tab is used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the reliability of attachment between rim and ear base deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The ear base framework is segmented by adding a distinct support tab component that extends from the ear base body. This segmentation creates a dedicated attachment interface between the rim and ear base, improving connection reliability while maintaining overall structural simplicity through functional division.
2Manufacturing precision
If an ear base framework with support tab is used, then the manufacturing precision of alignment is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The support tab acts as an intermediary element between the rim and the ear base body. It provides a dedicated interface that facilitates precise alignment and secure attachment, improving manufacturing precision while adding only minimal structural complexity through this single mediating component.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The additional support tab ensures a more secure and stable attachment of the rim to the ear base, facilitating precise alignment and reconstruction of the ear, improving the aesthetic and functional outcomes of ear restoration surgery.
Implementation Method 1
Due to its porous structure, the material can promote revascularization at the implantation site
Implementation Method 2
which can be secured using heat welding or suturing
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AI summary
Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide systems and methods for ear restoration surgery. Certain embodiments provide an improved framework that provides enhanced cooperation between an ear base and a rim.