Patent ID: 8715347
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61B,A61F,B33Y,H04L

Abstract:
1. A device for reshaping an ear of a subject into a final desired shape for that ear, the device comprising: a first surface configured to fit against and be adhered to the skin over the subject's skull behind the subject's ear; a second surface designed and configured to fit against and be attached to the rear surface of the subject's ear so as to hold and maintain the ear in a final desired position relative to the subject's head, wherein the second surface has been molded, sculpted, or manufactured to provide a shaping surface conforming to the ear's final desired shape and wherein the second surface fits around the helix with a portion of the second surface extending into the scapha of the ear; and a connecting structure attaching the first surface and the second surface, designed and configured so as to hold the first surface and the second surface in a desired position relative to one another; wherein the device is rigid and, upon placement onto the subject's ear, is designed and configured to maintain the subject's ear in the final desired position and shape of the ear.