WO2016171531A1

WO2016171531A1 - Ingrown fingernail/toenail correcting device

Info

Publication number: WO2016171531A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/004308
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박성일
Original assignee: 박성일
Priority date: 2015-04-23
Filing date: 2016-04-25
Publication date: 2016-10-27
Also published as: KR101606321B1; KR20150091442A

Abstract

The present invention relates to an ingrown fingernail/toenail correcting device and, more particularly, to an ingrown fingernail/toenail correcting device capable of easily correcting not only symmetrically deformed ingrown fingernails/toenails, but also asymmetrically deformed ingrown fingernails/toenails. The ingrown fingernail/toenail correcting device for correcting an ingrown fingernail/toenail comprises: a vertical pressing column erected vertically at the middle of the top surface of the ingrown fingernail/toenail to press down thereon; a horizontal support column installed perpendicularly on the top end of the vertical pressing column and having fastening holes formed to pass vertically through both end portions thereof; two adjusting bolts passing through the fastening holes of the horizontal support column and fastened to be capable of upward and downward movement; two resilient members installed horizontally on the left and right at the middle of the vertical pressing column and connected to the bottom ends of the adjusting bolts; and hanging parts connected to the leading ends of the resilient members, moving upward and downward together with the resilient members, and having hooks for being inserted and hooked under both ends of the fingernail/toenail.

Description

Ingrown Nail Corrector

The present invention relates to an ingrown nail correction device, and more particularly, to an ingrown nail correction device that can easily correct not only symmetrically modified ingrown nails but also asymmetrically modified ingrown nails.

Ingrown nails are one of the nail diseases in which one or both sides of the nail grow or dig into the edges. The ingrown nail mainly swells into the surrounding flesh as the thumb grows, causing severe pain and inflammation. People who have ingrown toenails have a tendency to recur even if they are cut or pulled out because the toenails that already grow have already created a way to grow them.

In Figure 11 is shown a toe T forming the ingrown nail. As shown, the inward nail (IN) of the structure is indented inward on one side to both sides of the claw (N). An ingrown toenail (IN) can also induce extreme conditions in which parts of the indentation (A) dig into flesh, causing inflammation due to damage to the body or, in the worst case, cutting the toenails.

In severe cases of ingrown nails, surgical surgery may be performed to incise and remove to remove severe pain caused by infiltration or secondary infection.

On the other hand, if the symptoms are slightly weaker can be corrected using an introversion correction apparatus, various correction mechanisms have been used to date.

For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0122498 discloses an example of a correction mechanism for correcting ingrown nails. As shown in FIG. 12, the conventional ingrown nail correction device corrects the ingrown nail 2 by pressing the middle portion of the outboard nail 2 while lifting both edges of the outer surface of the ingrown nail 2. An upright pressing member 3 having a pressing head 3a at its lower end; Transversely extending lifting angle maintenance means 4, on which an upright pressing member 3 is mounted; And extending downward from a separate portion of the lifting angle holding means 4, which is a portion opposed to the middle portion of the lifting angle holding means 4, to which the upright pressing member 3 is fixed, each of which anchors at its lower end. 6) and a pair of lifting

members

5, 5 and the like.

Thus, when the screw 7 is viewed from above, the screw 7 is rotated counterclockwise, thereby gradually lifting the central rod 9 for fixing the lifting member through the helical compression spring means 8, thereby providing inward resistance.

Anchors

6, 6 attached to the

edges

2a, 2a of the nail 2, respectively, are pulled with the force to correct the toenails.

However, the conventional ingrown nail straightening device has a problem that it is difficult to apply to ingrown nails which are asymmetrically deformed because the

lifting members

5 and 5 installed at both ends are evenly raised when the central rod 9 is raised.

That is, if both ends of the asymmetrically deformed ingrown nail are corrected with the same force, there is a problem in that there is pain or damage to the nail because excessive force is applied to either side. In addition, the conventional ingrown fingernail straightening device has a problem in that the structure is complex, difficult to manufacture and inconvenient to use.

(Patent Document 1) Republic of Korea Registered Patent No. 10-0962457 (Registration Date: 2010.06.03)

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, the main object of the present invention is to provide an ingrown nail correction device that can easily correct the ingrown nail.

The present invention also provides an ingrown nail correction apparatus capable of correcting an asymmetrically modified ingrown nail as well as a symmetrically modified ingrown nail.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an ingrown nail correction device that can correct the ingrown nail without applying excessive force to the nail.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an ingrown nail correction device that is simple in structure, light in weight and easy to manufacture.

Technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other technical problems that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, the main object of the present invention,

In the ingrown nail correction device for correcting the ingrown nail,

A vertical pressing stand vertically centered on an upper surface of the ingrown nail and pressing down;

A horizontal support provided to intersect the upper end of the vertical pressing member and having fastening holes penetrating up and down at both ends thereof;

Two adjustment bolts which are fastened to be movable up and down through the fastening holes of the horizontal support;

Two elastic members installed horizontally on the left and right of the middle of the vertical pressing unit and connected to the lower ends of the adjusting bolts;

And a hook part connected to the front end of the elastic member and moving up and down together with the elastic member and having hooks for hooking on both ends of the nail.

In the present invention, the bottom of the vertical pressing is provided with two hooves formed to be spaced at a predetermined interval.

Spiral grooves are formed in the fastening holes formed at both ends of the horizontal support so that the adjustment bolt can be screwed.

The elastic member is to have a certain elasticity by bending a wire of a certain diameter.

The elastic member is to bend the iron wire of a constant diameter so that two legs are formed, three legs are formed in each of the two legs.

The outermost ring of the three loops of the elastic member is connected to the hook portion, the innermost ring is fixed to the vertical pressing band, the adjusting bolt is rotatably fixed to the center ring.

Between the elastic member and the adjusting bolt is provided with a connecting means for connecting the control bolt rotatably, the connecting means, the fastening screw is fastened to the fastening hole formed in the lower end of the adjusting bolt, the fastening screw penetrates It consists of a connecting member consisting of two hooks integrally formed at both ends of the through-ring and the through-ring to hang on the ring in the middle of the elastic member.

The hook portion is bent a steel wire of a constant diameter so that the hook is formed at the bottom and the upper end is formed with a connecting ring fitted to the outer ring of the elastic member.

Further, in the ingrown nail correction device for correcting the ingrown nail,

Is connected to the lower end of the adjustment bolt is moved up and down with the adjustment bolt and the hook portion is provided with a hook for hanging on both ends of the nail;

Between the adjustment bolt and the hook portion is characterized in that there is further provided a coupling member for connecting the control bolt and the hook portion to rotate freely in the horizontal direction.

The coupling member has a rotating block, a lower ring rotatably installed at the lower portion of the rotating block and connected to the hook portion, and an upper ring rotatably installed at the upper portion of the rotating block and connected to the adjustment bolt. Is done.

As such, the present invention has an effect that two adjustment bolts are provided so that not only the symmetrically modified nails but also the asymmetrically modified nails can be conveniently corrected.

In addition, the present invention is provided with an elastic member between the adjustment bolt and the hook portion has the effect of preventing excessive force applied to the nail.

In addition, the present invention is easy to manufacture because the elastic member, the hook portion, the connecting member and the coupling member is made of steel wire, and the structure is simple, there is an effect of reducing the production cost.

1 is a front view showing an embodiment of an ingrown nail correction apparatus according to the present invention,

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the A-A line of the ingrown nail correction device shown in Figure 1,

3 is a plan view and a front view showing a preferred embodiment of the elastic member according to the present invention;

4 is a front view and a side view showing a preferred embodiment of the hook portion according to the present invention;

5 is an exploded view showing the structure of the connecting means according to the invention,

6 is a plan view and a side view showing a preferred embodiment of the connecting member according to the present invention;

7 is a plan view and a front view showing a coupling state of the elastic member and the connection member according to the present invention;

8 is an explanatory view showing a state of correcting a symmetrically modified ingrown nail by using an ingrown nail correction device according to the present invention;

9 is an explanatory view showing a state of correcting an asymmetrically modified ingrown nail using the ingrown nail correction device according to the present invention;

10 is a front view showing another embodiment of the ingrown nail correction apparatus according to the present invention,

11 is an explanatory diagram showing the toes forming the ingrown nail,

Figure 12 is an explanatory view showing a state of correcting the ingrown nail using the ingrown nail correction apparatus according to the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. It is provided to fully inform the scope of the invention, and the invention is only defined by the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

First, FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of an ingrown nail correction apparatus 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of the ingrown nail correction apparatus 1 shown in FIG.

As shown, the ingrown nail straightening device 1 according to the present invention, in the ingrown nail straightening device for correcting the ingrown nail 2, standing vertically on the upper surface of the nail (2) the nail (2) A vertical support 10 for pressing a central portion of the upper surface of the upper surface of the horizontal support 20 and a horizontal support 20 provided with a fastening hole 21 installed to intersect the upper end of the vertical pusher 10 and penetrating up and down at both ends thereof; Two

adjustment bolts

30a and 30b which are fastened to be moved up and down through the fastening holes 21 of the horizontal support 20 and horizontally installed on the left and right of the middle portion of the vertical presser 10 Two

elastic members

40a and 40b connected to the adjusting bolt 30 and connected to the front end of the elastic member 40 are moved up and down together with the elastic member 40 and the nails 2 Hook part 5 provided with

hooks

51a and 51b for hooking at both ends 0a) and 50b.

More specifically, the vertical presser 10 is a metal bar of a predetermined length, at the bottom is formed two hooves (11a) (11b) to be spaced at a predetermined interval. The two

hoofs

11a and 11b allow the vertical presser 10 to be stably supported on the slippery nail 2. In addition, the two hooves (11a) (11b) to press the point moved a certain distance from the center of the nail (2) to both sides.

The horizontal support 20 is a metal bar of a predetermined length, integrally formed at the upper end of the vertical presser 10, helix so that the adjustment bolt 30 can be screwed into the fastening hole 21 formed at both ends Grooves are formed.

The adjusting bolt 30 is composed of a bolt 31 of a predetermined length, and a handle 32 formed on the upper end of the bolt 31. Therefore, when the adjusting bolt 30 is rotated to one side, the adjusting bolt 30 is moved downward, and if the control bolt 30 is rotated to the other side, the adjusting bolt 30 is moved upward.

As shown in FIG. 3, the elastic member 40 is formed by bending a steel wire having a predetermined diameter to have elasticity, and two

legs

41a and 41b are formed to have a “c” shape. In addition, three

rings

42a, 42b and 42c are formed in a row on the two

legs

41a and 41b, respectively.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the innermost ring 42c of the three

rings

42a, 42b, 42c of the elastic member 40 is fixed to the vertical pressing table 10. That is, the fixing screw 43 penetrates through the ring 42c and is fastened to the vertical pressing table 10 to fix the elastic member 40 to the center portion of the vertical pressing table 10.

In addition, the hook portion 50 is connected to the outermost ring 42a of the three

rings

42a, 42b, 42c of the elastic member 40. The hook portion 50 is hooked to both ends of the inward nail (2) and hooks for hooking, and integrally formed on the upper portion of the hook 51 is fitted to the ring 42a of the elastic member 40 It consists of a connecting ring (52).

As shown in Figure 4, the hook portion 50 is formed by bending a steel wire of a constant diameter, the hook 51 is formed at the bottom, the two formed on the two legs (41a) 41b at the top Link ring 52 is formed to be fitted to the ring (42a).

As shown in FIG. 1 again, the adjusting bolt 30 is connected to the center ring 42b of the three

rings

42a, 42b and 42c of the elastic member 40. At this time, between the elastic member 40 and the adjusting bolt 30 is provided with a connecting means 60 for connecting to the elastic member 40 so that the adjusting bolt 30 can be rotated freely in the horizontal direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, the connecting means 60 includes a fastening screw 34 fastened to a fastening hole 33 formed at a lower end of the adjusting bolt 30, and two legs of the elastic member 40. The connecting member 63 is connected to the center ring 42b formed at 41a and 41b and has a through ring 62 through which the fastening screw 34 can pass.

As shown in FIG. 6, the connecting member 63 is formed by bending a steel wire having a constant diameter, and a through ring 62 through which the fastening screw 34 penetrates is formed in the center, and the ring 42b on both sides.

Hooks

64a and 64b for hanging) are formed to protrude.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, when the two

hooks

64a and 64b of the connecting member 63 are hooked to the ring 42 formed on the two

legs

41a and 41b of the elastic member 40, The through ring 62 is installed to penetrate up and down in the gown between the two

legs

41a and 41b.

Then, when the fastening screw 34 passes through the through ring 62 and fastens to the fastening hole 33 formed at the lower end of the adjusting bolt 30, the elastic member 40 is connected to the lower end of the adjusting bolt 30. Can be fixed At this time, the adjustment bolt 30 can be freely rotated in the horizontal direction about the fastening screw 34 passing through the through ring 62. Therefore, even if the adjusting bolt 30 is rotated in the horizontal direction, the rotational force does not reach the elastic member 40. In addition, the elastic member 40 is able to rotate up and down about the fastening screw 34 is fastened to the vertical pressing table 10.

On the other hand, the hook 51 is provided integrally at the bottom of the hook portion 50, but instead of the hook 51, it is also possible to attach an adhesive block 55 that can be attached to the upper surface of the ingrown nail (2) Do. The adhesive block 55 is used when the hook 51 cannot be inserted into both ends of the ingrown nail 2, and is attached to the top surface of the ingrown nail 2 using a predetermined adhesive material. do. In addition, a hook 51 may be provided at a lower end of the hook part 50, and a recess 56 may be formed in the cutting block 55 to hook the hook 51. Then, the hook 51 may be hooked to the groove 56 of the adhesive block 55 attached to the upper surface of the ingrown nail 2.

* Hereinafter, a method for straightening ingrown nails using the ingrown nail correction apparatus 1 according to the present invention will be described.

That is, when the ingrown nail is to be corrected by using the ingrown nail correction device 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, first, the hooks 51a of the two

hook parts

50a and 50b. (51b) is fitted to both ends of the inward nail (2), respectively.

Then, the vertical pressing table 10 is erected perpendicularly to the upper surface of the ingrown nail 2 and then rotates the two adjusting

bolts

30a and 30b to one side. Then, the adjusting bolt 30 is moved to the upper side and the elastic member 40 connected to the lower end of the adjusting bolt 30 is rotated to the upper side.

Subsequently, when the elastic member 40 rotates upward, the hook portion 50 connected to the front end thereof is moved upward. The hook 51 then moves upward to pull both ends of the inward nail 2. At this time, the vertical presser 10 prevents the entire nail 2 from being lifted up by pressing down the center portion of the nail 2.

When the two

adjustment bolts

30a and 30b are properly rotated in this manner, both ends of the ingrown nail 2 can be lifted up to some extent flat.

On the other hand, when the ingrown nail 2 is flat to some extent using the ingrown nail correction device 1 of the present invention, the foot is soaked in water while the ingrown nail correction device 1 is worn. Then, when the nail 2 becomes flexible after a certain time, it is taken out and rotates the adjusting

bolts

30a and 30b again to further pull both ends of the ingrown nail 2.

And when the ingrown nail 2 is stretched as desired, the dry nail is quickly dried using hot air while the ingrown nail correction device 1 is worn. Then, when the nail 2 hardens, the ingrown nail correction device 1 is detached.

As such, the ingrown nail straightening device 1 of the present invention is provided with two adjusting

bolts

30a and 30b, which is convenient not only for the symmetrically modified nail 2 but also for the asymmetrically modified nail 2. Can be used.

That is, the conventional nail correction device, because it is a structure that the same force acts on both ends of the nail (2) when applied to the asymmetrically deformed nail (2) is not only difficult to correct, but also excessive deformation on either side There was a problem that the nail (2) is applied to be damaged.

However, the ingrown nail correction device 1 according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 9, because the two adjustment bolts (30a, 30b) act independently to give a strain to the asymmetrically modified ingrown nail (2). It can be calibrated conveniently.

In addition, the ingrown nail straightening device 1 according to the present invention prevents the elastic member 40 provided between the adjustment bolt 30 and the hook portion 50 from applying excessive force to the nail 2. Can be. That is, the force is transmitted to the hook portion 50 through the elastic member 40 when the adjustment bolt 30 is rotated to move up and down, the hook portion 50 because the elastic member 40 is elastically deformed. ) Can be prevented from applying instant force to the sensitive nails.

In addition, since the elastic member 40 is rotatably fixed to the vertical presser 10, when moving the up and down by rotating the adjustment bolt 30, the transfer distance of the control bolt 30 at twice Since the catch 50 is a recess, the adjustment bolt 30 can be towed without turning much.

In addition, the ingrown nail straightening device 1 according to the present invention is easy to manufacture and reduce the production cost because the elastic member 40, the hook portion 50 and the connecting member 60 is made by bending a steel wire. In addition, the structure is simple and no failure occurs.

Next, Figure 10 is a front view showing another embodiment of the ingrown nail correction device 1 according to the present invention.

As shown, the ingrown nail correction device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the ingrown nail correction device for correcting the ingrown nail 2, the nail to stand perpendicular to the upper surface of the nail (2) Horizontal support 20 is provided with a vertical pressing table 10 for pressing the center portion of the upper surface of the (2) and a fastening hole 21 which is installed to cross the upper end of the vertical pressing table 10 and penetrates up and down at both ends thereof. And two

adjustment bolts

30a and 30b fastened so as to be movable upward and downward through the fastening hole 21 of the horizontal support 20, and are connected to a lower end of the adjustment bolt 30 to move up and down. And hook

parts

50a and 50b provided with

hooks

51a and 51b for hanging on both ends of the nail 2.

At this time, the upper portion of the hook portion 50 is installed between the adjustment bolt 30 and the hook portion 50 is connected to the control bolt 30 and the hook portion 50 to rotate freely in the horizontal direction. Coupling members 70a and 70b are provided.

The coupling member 70, the rotary block 71 in the center, the upper ring 72 is rotatably installed on the upper portion of the rotary block 71 and connected to the lower end of the adjustment bolt 30, and the The lower ring 73 is rotatably installed at the lower portion of the rotating block 71 and connected to the hook portion 50.

Preferably, the rotary block 71 has a hole formed in the center, and the protruding rods formed in the upper ring 72 and the lower ring 73 are rotatably inserted and fixed. The upper ring 72 and the lower ring 73 are formed by bending a steel wire having a predetermined diameter, and the upper ring 72 is formed with a ring penetrating a through hole formed in the adjusting bolt 30, and the lower ring At 73, a ring is connected to a ring formed at the top of the hook portion 50.

Therefore, even if the adjusting bolt 30 is rotated, the hook portion 50 does not rotate together. On the contrary, even if the hook part 50 is rotated to fit the hook 41 of the hook part 50 to both ends of the nail 2, the adjustment bolt 30 is not rotated together, which is convenient to use.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, various modifications of the present invention within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention And can be changed.

(Explanation of the sign)

1: ingrown nail correction device 2: ingrown nail

10: vertical press 11: hoof

20: horizontal support 21: fastening hole

30: Adjusting bolt 31: Bolt

32: handle 33: fastening hole

34: fastening screw 40: elastic member

41: leg 42: ring

43: set screw 50: hook part

51: hook 60: connecting means

63: connecting member 62: through ring

64: hook 70: engagement member

71: rotary block 72: upper ring

73; Lower hook

Claims

In the ingrown nail correction device for correcting the ingrown nail,

A vertical pressing stand vertically centered on an upper surface of the ingrown nail and pressing down;

A horizontal support provided to intersect the upper end of the vertical pressing member and having fastening holes penetrating up and down at both ends thereof;

Two adjustment bolts which are fastened to be movable up and down through the fastening holes of the horizontal support;

Two elastic members installed horizontally rotatably vertically on the left and right of the middle of the vertical pressing unit and connected to the lower ends of the adjusting bolts;

A hook part connected to a front end of the elastic member and provided with a hook for moving up and down with the elastic member and being fitted to both ends of the nail.

The lower ends of the two adjustment bolts ingrown nail correction apparatus, characterized in that connected to the center portion of the elastic member.
According to claim 1,

The ingrown nail correction device, characterized in that the bottom of the vertical pressing is provided with two hooves formed spaced apart at a predetermined interval.
According to claim 1,

Introspective nail correction device characterized in that the spiral groove is formed in the fastening holes formed on both ends of the horizontal support so that the adjustment bolt is screwed.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

The elastic member is ingrown nail straightening device, characterized in that to have a constant elastic by bending a wire of a certain diameter.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The elastic member is to bend the wire of a certain diameter so that the two legs are formed, the two ingrown nail correction device, characterized in that three rings are formed respectively.
The method of claim 5,

The hook part is connected to the outermost ring of the three loops of the elastic member, the innermost ring is fixed to the vertical pressing band, the center ring is characterized in that the adjustment bolt is rotatably fixed Ingrown nail correction device.
The method of claim 6,

Between the elastic member and the adjusting bolt is provided with a connecting means for connecting the control bolt rotatably, the connecting means, the fastening screw is fastened to the fastening hole formed in the lower end of the adjusting bolt, the fastening screw penetrates An ingrown toenail correcting device, characterized in that it is formed integrally at both ends of the through-ring and the through-ring and consists of a connecting member consisting of two hooks that can be hooked to a ring in the center of the elastic member.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Wherein the hook portion bent steel wire of a certain diameter so that the hook is formed at the bottom and the ingrown nail correction device, characterized in that the upper end is formed with a connecting ring to be fitted to the outer ring of the elastic member.
In the ingrown nail correction device for correcting the ingrown nail,

A vertical pressing stand vertically centered on an upper surface of the ingrown nail and pressing down;

A horizontal support provided to intersect the upper end of the vertical pressing member and having fastening holes penetrating up and down at both ends thereof;

Two adjustment bolts which are fastened to be movable up and down through the fastening holes of the horizontal support;

Is connected to the lower end of the adjustment bolt is moved up and down with the adjustment bolt and the hook portion is provided with a hook for hanging on both ends of the nail;

Introspective nail correction device between the adjustment bolt and the hook portion is further provided with a coupling member for connecting the control bolt and the hook portion to rotate freely in the horizontal direction.
The method of claim 9,

The coupling member has a rotating block, a lower ring rotatably installed at the lower portion of the rotating block and connected to the hook portion, and an upper ring rotatably installed at the upper portion of the rotating block and connected to the adjustment bolt. Ingrown nail correction device, characterized in that made.