DEVICE FACILITATING PERSONAL HYGIENE ACTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH POSTOPERATIVE JAW DEFECTS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61C13/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: device is monolithic, of soft polymer with intraoral and occlusive surfaces and a surface facing a nasal cavity. The occlusive surface is configured to mount on a fibrous ring and has retention elements 1-2 mm wide along the whole period of the occlusive part of the device facing the nasal cavity. An outer diameter of the occlusive surface is configured to exceed the diameter of the fibrous ring by 2-3 mm. The intraoral surface is configured to match a patient's hard palate and has a ring on the outer surface.

EFFECT: invention enables marking the limits of the patient's mouth and nose if observing the postoperative upper jaw defects during individual hygiene activities.

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