METHOD FOR PRODUCING NOSE MODEL Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves preliminarily manufacturing individual imprint nasal spoon having handle and base by placing warmed-up wax base plate into the area of nose and tissues surrounding it, removing excessive quantities of wax after cooling and substituting wax with plastic material. The so manufactured individual spoon is covered with small quantity of flexible imprint mass and imprint is taken so that some quantity of the flexible imprint mass is introduced into nasal passages. Working model of nose if molded from gypsum next to it. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of surgical treatment in the cases of congenital and acquired nasal deformities. 2 dwg