Toe Fixing Device for Stable Ingrown Toenail Correction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional ingrown toenail correction methods require patient or surgeon assistance to fix the big toe, leading to instability and reduced accuracy in applying an adherent composition, especially for patients with obesity.
Innovation Solution
A toe fixing device with an upper and lower plate system, including a long movement guide hole, fixing support stands, and a position fixing part, allowing the device to securely hold the big toe without assistance, enabling accurate application of the adherent composition using both hands of the surgeon.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the patient or surgeon manually fixes the big toe during adherent composition application, then the toenail can be held in position, but the stability is insufficient and movement occurs reducing application accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The toe fixing device is designed to automatically secure the big toe without requiring manual holding by the patient or surgeon. The device includes a clamp structure with upper and lower plates that self-adjust to grip the toe, eliminating the need for continuous manual stabilization and ensuring consistent positioning throughout the application process.
Solution Approach 2:
The toe fixing device acts as an intermediary tool between the surgeon and the patient's toe. Instead of direct manual contact, the device mediates the fixation process through its clamp mechanism, providing stable and accurate positioning that enables precise adherent composition application while freeing both of the surgeon's hands.
2Reliability
If the surgeon uses one hand to hold the big toe firmly, then the toe is stabilized, but the other hand cannot freely apply the adherent composition reducing accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs the fixation function autonomously once positioned on the toe. The clamp structure with its adjustable plates and fastening mechanism secures the toe without requiring continuous manual intervention, thereby freeing both of the surgeon's hands for accurate and comfortable application of the adherent composition.
Solution Approach 2:
The toe fixing device divides the fixation function into separate structural components (upper plate, lower plate, fastening mechanism) that work together to stabilize the toe. This segmentation allows the device to independently handle fixation while the surgeon's hands remain completely free for the application task.
3Ease of operation
If the patient attempts to fix their own big toe, then some stabilization is achieved, but the posture becomes unstable causing toe movement
Solution Approach 1:
The toe fixing device serves as a reliable intermediary that provides stable fixation regardless of the patient's ability to maintain proper posture. The device's mechanical clamp structure ensures consistent and secure toe positioning that does not depend on patient strength or posture stability, thereby enabling independent yet reliable fixation.
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AI summary
A toe fixing device that is capable of fixing a patient's ingrown toenail to correct the ingrown toenail, without the assistance of the patient or his or her surgeon, to thus allow an adherent composition to be applied to the ingrown toenail of the patient through the free use of both hands of the surgeon. The toe fixing device includes an upper plate reference part having an upper plate, a long movement guide hole piercedly, and a fixing support stand; a lower plate moving part having a lower plate, a fixing hole, a nut, and a moving support stand; and a position fixing part adapted to fix the lower plate moving part movable to the left and right sides along the long movement guide hole of the upper plate reference part to the upper plate reference part.