Nose Clamp with Resilient Jaws for Even Compression
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current nose compressing devices are complex, require manual adjustment, and can lead to user error, with limited compressing effect and risk of point necrosis due to uneven pressure distribution, while existing solutions for temperature alteration are not effectively integrated for soothing and clotting.
Innovation Solution
A nose clamp with a resilient clamping body and temperature altering body, featuring double-walled jaws that deform to fit the nose, providing even compression and contact with the nasal sidewalls, eliminating the need for manual adjustment and minimizing inflammation and swelling, while ensuring even temperature distribution across the nasal surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manually adjustable closure mechanisms are used, then the device can be adjusted to fit the nose, but user error leads to under tightening or over-tightening and the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient clamping body automatically adjusts to fit the nose without manual intervention. The elasticity of the material allows the jaws to self-adjust to the nasal contours, eliminating the need for manual adjustment mechanisms while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The device utilizes the elastic properties of the resilient material to provide automatic adjustment. By changing the physical state from rigid to elastic, the clamping body can deform and conform to different nose shapes without requiring complex mechanical adjustment components.
2Force
If pointed compressing effect is applied over limited surface area, then compression force is concentrated, but point necrosis damages tissues in the nose
Solution Approach 1:
The inner walls of the jaws are configured to correspond to the shape of the nasal sidewalls, creating a customized contact surface. This local adaptation distributes the compressing force across the entire contact area rather than concentrating it at a single point, preventing tissue damage while maintaining effective compression.
Solution Approach 2:
The jaws are designed with curved inner surfaces that match the natural curvature of the nasal sidewalls. This curved geometry ensures even distribution of compressive force across the contact area, avoiding sharp points that could cause localized tissue damage.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple parts are used in nose compressing devices, then the device can provide comprehensive function, but the overall size, weight and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The resilient clamping body integrates multiple functions into a single component. It simultaneously provides compression through its elastic deformation, temperature alteration through integrated thermal elements, and self-adjustment through its material properties, eliminating the need for separate mechanisms for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The single resilient clamping body performs multiple functions: mechanical compression, temperature alteration, and automatic adjustment. This multi-functional design reduces the number of parts while maintaining comprehensive therapeutic capabilities.
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 nose clamp offers a self-holding, self-adjusting solution with improved comfort and reduced risk of tissue damage, providing effective compression and temperature alteration to control inflammation and promote clotting, thus addressing the limitations of existing devices.
Implementation Method 1
The clamping body is resilient so as to allow for deformation from its original shape during the mounting on the user's nose and urge the nose clamp back into its original shape after deformation
Implementation Method 2
the temperature altering body can provide a cooling and/or heating effect on the user's nose
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AI summary
The invention relates to a nose clamp, method of mounting the nose clamp and kit of parts to form the nose clamp. The nose clamp comprises a resilient clamping body and a temperature altering body to provide a compressing and temperature altering effect on a user's nose. The clamping body comprises a bridge to extend over a dorsum of the user's nose, and a first jaw and a second jaw to extend from the bridge along respective nasal sidewalls of the user's nose so as to apply a compressing force to compress the nasal sidewalls of the user's nose and urge the temperature altering body into contact with the nasal sidewalls. Each jaw comprises an outer wall, an inner wall, and a folding joint between the outer wall and the inner wall to fold the inner wall inwardly from the outer wall.