Ear implant article and implantation method
CA 1110128 A · Owner: Behney, Charles A. · Inventors: Behney, Charles A.
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An article of manufacture for use as as an implant in the animal ear to correct a faulty carriage of the ear occasioned by the presence of a skin-enclosed cartilage fault comprises a spring constructed of non-porous biologically inert material the spring having outwardly divergent arms terminating in outer free ends and adapted to be forced together to present a narrow elongated spring outline for implantation of the spring in the ear by insertion through a small incision in the skin of the ear with the free ends foremost and into a pocket previously formed bewteen the skin and carilage over a cartilage fault so that, the spring bridges the fault, the spring arms when free of applied force …
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- Granted October 6, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 6, 1998.
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