JP2018038447A - Nail corrector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To propose a nail corrector that has no portions which are always inserted between a nail and skin, facilitates provision of treatment, and also can exert a high correction effect.SOLUTION: A nail corrector 1A according to the invention comprises: a fixation part 2 that is elastic and plate-like and is attached on a front side of a nail 11; and an operation part 3 that has a front-side plate-like portion 3a which has one end 3a1 capable of coming into direct contact with the front side of the nail 11 and is integrally connected to the fixation part 2, a reverse-side plate-like portion 3b which is provided on the opposite side of the front-side plate-like portion 3a and has one end 3b1 inserted between the nail 11 and skin, and a curved portion 3c which is integrally connected to the other end 3a2 of the front-side plate-like portion 3a and the other end 3b2 of the reverse-side plate-like portion 3b. The operation part 3 can separate the nail 11 from skin by gripping the nail 11 with the front-side plate-like portion 3a and the reverse-side plate-like portion 3b when the fixation part 2 is attached on the nail 11, and it is removed from the fixation part 2 after the fixation part 2 is attached on the nail 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a nail corrector used to correct nail deformation, such as an ingrown nail or a wound nail.

  For example, if you continue to wear narrow shoes such as high heels, the side edges of your nails will bite into the skin of your toes and cause inflamed ingrown nails, or rolled nails that cause your nails to bend more than usual. May cause.

  As a nail correction tool for correcting the deformation of the nail, such as an ingrown nail and a wound nail, for example, one as shown in Patent Document 1 is known. The nail corrector of Patent Document 1 includes a plate-like body and a clamping portion provided at an interval in the plate-like body, and is curved by maintaining the nail between the plate-like body and the clamping portion. It is intended to correct the nail that has been made flat.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a nail corrector that attaches a small piece having elasticity to the front side of a nail and corrects the nail with its elastic force. In addition, the nail corrector of patent document 2 has comprised the form which abbreviate | omitted the clamping part of patent document 1 roughly.

JP 2007-185203 A JP 2001-37535 A

  By the way, the nail corrector of patent document 1 will be in the state by which the clamping part was always inserted between the nail | claw and the skin of the back side of a nail | claw. For this reason, when a clamping part hits skin, it may be accompanied by a sense of incongruity or may feel pain. On the other hand, since the nail corrector of patent document 2 does not have a clamping part, such discomfort and a pain do not arise. However, since the correction effect is weak even if it is applied while the nail is curved, attach the nail corrector after separating the nail from the skin using another device and bringing the nail closer to a flat state. There is a need. That is, there is a problem that a separate instrument is required for the treatment, and it is difficult to perform the treatment because the instrument and the nail corrector must be changed on the way.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and there is no part that is always inserted between the nail and the skin like a conventional clamping part, and it is easy to perform a treatment and has high correction. It aims at providing the new nail corrector which can demonstrate an effect.

The present invention is elastic and plate-like, and is attached to the front side of the nail,
A front side plate-like portion that can contact the front side of the nail and is integrally connected to the fixing portion, and a back side plate-like shape that is provided facing the front side plate-like portion and is inserted between the nail and the skin. And an operation portion having a curved portion integrally connected to the other end of the front side plate-like portion and the other end of the back side plate-like portion,
The operation part can sandwich the nail between the front side plate-like part and the back side plate-like part to separate the nail from the skin when the fixing part is attached to the nail. After being attached to the nail, the nail correction tool is to be removed from the fixing portion.

The adhering portion includes a vertical portion extending from the tip of the nail toward the base, and a horizontal portion integrally connected to the vertical portion and extending along the width direction of the nail,
It is preferable that the front side plate-like portion extends along the vertical portion.

  And it is preferable to provide two or more said horizontal parts.

  In the nail corrector of the present invention, an operation part such as tweezers having a front side plate-like part, a back side plate-like part, and an elastic part is integrally connected to a fixing part attached to the front side of the nail. By sandwiching the nail, the nail is separated from the skin, and the fixing portion can be attached to the nail. For this reason, there is no need for a separate instrument for keeping the nail flat, and it is not necessary to change it to another instrument in the middle, so it is easy to perform the treatment. Since it can be affixed, a high correction effect can be obtained. Further, since the operation portion is removed from the fixing portion after the treatment, there is no uncomfortable feeling or pain caused by the conventional nail corrector.

  When the fixing part is provided with a vertical part extending from the tip of the nail toward the root and a horizontal part integrally connected to the vertical part and extending along the width direction of the nail, Can be clamped in a state where the vertical part is attached to the nail, and then the nail is held by the operation part to be separated from the skin, and then the horizontal part is attached to the nail. . That is, it is possible to perform the treatment reliably in a state where the way of the treatment is easy to understand and a high correction effect can be exhibited. Furthermore, when the front side plate-like portion extends along the vertical portion, the operation portion is in a state of facing the nail, and the practitioner can perform treatment in a natural posture, so that the treatment can be easily performed.

  Further, when a plurality of the lateral portions described above are provided, the number of portions where the nail can be maintained in a flat state is increased, so that a higher correction effect can be obtained.

It is a figure which shows 1st embodiment of the nail corrector according to this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view, (c) is the side view which showed the modification. It is a figure explaining the procedure which corrects a nail using the nail corrector shown in Drawing 1, and (a) is a top view and a front view showing a patient's toe, and (b) is a vertical view of a nail corrector. It is a top view which shows the condition which cuts a part and a horizontal part, (c) is a top view and a front view which show the state which stuck the vertical part to the nail | claw, (d) is a side view which spaced apart the nail from the thumb. It is the top view and front view which show the state which affixed the part, (e) is the top view and front view which show the state which removed the operation part. It is a figure which shows 2nd embodiment of the nail corrector according to this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is a side view. It is a figure which shows 3rd embodiment of the nail corrector according to this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view in the case of correct | amending especially the left side of a nail seeing from a practitioner, (b) is (a). It is a side view, (c) is a plan view when correcting the right side of the nail as viewed from the practitioner, and (d) is a side view of (c). It is a figure which shows 4th embodiment of the nail corrector according to this invention, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a nail corrector according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, reference numeral 1A in FIGS. 1A and 1B shows an embodiment of a nail corrector according to the present invention. The nail corrector 1 </ b> A is roughly composed of a fixing part 2 and an operation part 3. FIG. 2A is a view showing a patient's toe thumb to be corrected by the nail corrector 1A. Reference numeral 10 denotes a thumb, and reference numeral 11 denotes a thumb nail.

  The fixing portion 2 is formed in a plate shape using an elastic material and is attached to the front side of the nail for correction. Examples of such a material include synthetic resins such as ABS resin (acrylonitrile, butadiene, styrene copolymer synthetic resin) and PMMA resin (acrylic resin). In addition, when using synthetic resin as a material, it should be easy to check the situation during the treatment, and since it should be attached to the nail after the treatment, the appearance should be considered, so it is colorless and transparent It is preferable to use those. The plate thickness is, for example, about 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm if it is a synthetic resin. In this embodiment, a plate-like colorless and transparent ABS resin is used, and the plate thickness is 0.8 mm to 0.9 mm.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A and 2B, the fixing portion 2 of the present embodiment extends from the tip of the nail 11 (the fingertip side of the thumb 10) toward the root (the base side of the thumb 10). A vertically long rectangular portion 2a, and a horizontally long rectangular portion 2b that is integrally connected to the vertical portion 2a and extends in the width direction of the claw 11. The fixing portion 2 of the present embodiment corrects the left side of the nail 11 as viewed from the practitioner (right side of the nail 11 for the patient), and the horizontal portion 2b from the vertical portion 2a to the right side as viewed from the practitioner. Extends towards. Note that when the right side of the nail 11 is particularly corrected as viewed from the practitioner, the horizontal portion 2b may extend from the vertical portion 2a toward the left side. Moreover, in this embodiment, the two horizontal parts 2b are provided at intervals. Further, the vertical portion 2a is made wider than the horizontal portion 2b.

  The operation portion 3 has one end 3a1 and the other end 3a2, and has a vertically long rectangular front side plate-like portion 3a in which the one end 3a1 is integrally connected to the vertical portion 2a of the fixing portion 2, and one end 3b1 and the other end 3b2. And is integrally connected to the vertically long backside plate-like portion 3b provided opposite to the front-side plate-like portion 3a, the other end 3a2 of the front-side plate-like portion 3a, and the other end 3b2 of the back-side plate-like portion 3b. And a curved portion 3c. In attaching the nail corrector 1A to the nail 11, one end 3a1 of the front side plate-like portion 3a is in contact with the front side of the nail 11 and one end 3b1 of the back side plate-like portion 3b is between the nail 11 and the thumb 10. It is inserted in between. Further, the curved portion 3c may be formed, for example, in a generally U shape as shown in FIG. 1 (b), or may be formed in an arc shape as shown in FIG. 1 (c). The operation unit 3 is formed of the same material and the same plate thickness as the fixing unit 2.

  Next, a method of correcting the patient's nail 11 using the nail corrector 1A will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operation unit 3 is set at a position where the nail 11 can be clamped by the one end 3a1 of the front side plate-like part 3a and the one end 3b1 of the back side plate-like part 3b, and as shown in FIG. In addition, the vertical portion 2a and the horizontal portion 2b are cut. Of the two lateral portions 2b, the one close to the base of the nail 11 is provided for correcting not only the tip of the nail 11 but also the portion close to the base. For this reason, when only the correction | amendment of the front-end | tip of the nail | claw 11 is sufficient, you may cut all the horizontal parts 2b by the side of a root.

  Next, an adhesive (or the front side of the nail 11) is applied to the back side of the vertical part 2a, and the vertical part 2a is attached to the front side of the nail 11 (see FIG. 2C). As the adhesive, various types such as a one-component type and a two-component type can be used. Examples of components contained in the adhesive include ethyl cyanoacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate.

  Thereafter, the claw 11 is held between one end 3a1 of the front side plate-like portion 3a and one end 3b1 of the back side plate-like portion 3b, and the nail 11 is separated from the thumb 10 so as to twist the operation portion 3 (front of FIG. 2 (c)). (See diagram). Here, before or after the nail 11 is separated from the thumb 10, an adhesive is applied to the back side of the horizontal portion 2b (or the front side of the nail 11). And the horizontal part 2b is affixed with respect to the nail | claw 11 which approached the flat state (refer FIG.2 (d)).

  Thereafter, the front side plate-like portion 3a is cut from the vertical portion 2a, and the operation portion 3 is removed from the fixing portion 2 (see FIG. 2 (e)). Then, the edges of the attached vertical portion 2a and horizontal portion 2b are trimmed so as not to be caught, and finishing such as applying a gel to the surface of the nail 11 is performed as necessary to complete the treatment.

  As described above, in the nail corrector 1A of the present embodiment, the nail 11 is brought close to a flat state by the operation unit 3, and the horizontal portion 2b is attached thereto, so that a high correction effect can be obtained. The nail 11 (left side as viewed from the practitioner) on the side separated from the thumb 10 by the operation unit 3 is corrected with a particularly high effect. However, since the horizontal part 2b has elasticity, the horizontal part 2b is opposite to the opposite side ( The right nail 11 can also be corrected by making it extend to the right side as viewed from the practitioner.

  The nail corrector according to the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described so far, and includes various modifications as long as the claims are followed.

  For example, a nail corrector 1B shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B is obtained by adding a lateral portion 2b extending to the left side when viewed from the practitioner with respect to the above-described nail corrector 1A. According to such a nail corrector 1B, it can be used regardless of the left and right of the nail 11 by cutting the lateral portion 2b on the unnecessary side.

  Moreover, 1 C of nail correction tools shown to Fig.4 (a)-(d) have the operation part 3 in the flat state in the initial stage, and curve before a treatment. Specifically, when correcting the left side of the nail 11 when viewed from the practitioner, the orientation is as shown in FIG. 4A in plan view, and the operation unit 3 is indicated by a broken line in FIG. 4B. Use it curved. On the other hand, when correcting the right side of the nail 11 as viewed from the practitioner, the nail correction tool 1C is turned over as shown in FIG. 4C, and the operation unit 3 is bent as shown by a broken line in FIG. Let it be used. If it is such a form, it can correct preferentially in the right and left of the nail | claw 11.

  In consideration of the ease of performing the treatment, the nail correction tools 1A to 1C in which the operation unit 3 faces the nail 11 are preferable, but the nail correction tool 1D shown in FIGS. Thus, the front side plate-like portion 3 a may extend sideways and the operation portion 3 may be located on the side of the claw 11.

1A to 1D: Nail corrector 2: Adhering portion 2a: Vertical portion 2b: Horizontal portion 3: Operation portion 3a: Front side plate-like portion 3a1: One end 3a2 of the front side plate-like portion: The other end 3b of the front side plate-like portion: Back side plate Shaped part 3b1: One end 3b2 of the back side plate-like part: The other end 3c of the back side plate-like part: Curved part 10: Thumb 11: Claw

Claims (3)

A fixed portion that has elasticity and is plate-like and is attached to the front side of the nail;
A front side plate-like portion that can contact the front side of the nail and is integrally connected to the fixing portion, and a back side plate-like shape that is provided facing the front side plate-like portion and is inserted between the nail and the skin. And an operation portion having a curved portion integrally connected to the other end of the front side plate-like portion and the other end of the back side plate-like portion,
The operation part can sandwich the nail between the front side plate-like part and the back side plate-like part to separate the nail from the skin when the fixing part is attached to the nail. A nail corrector that is removed from the adhering portion after being attached to the nail. The adhering portion includes a vertical portion extending from the tip of the nail toward the base, and a horizontal portion integrally connected to the vertical portion and extending along the width direction of the nail,
The nail corrector according to claim 1, wherein the front side plate-like portion extends along the vertical portion.   The nail corrector according to claim 2, comprising a plurality of the lateral portions.

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