The Podobrace system is a Polish invention, which was registered in the Polish Copyright Office. It is produced in Poland and distributed exclusively by Podopharm LLC. The product meets the legal and epidemiological requirements for application of temporary implant for the correction of ingrown toenails. The brace is made of the CE certified implant steeland is registered as a medical tool. Podobrace has two side arms made of a hard steel wire 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm, 0.5 mm in diameter and a connector made of a mild steel wire, which is more plastic, 0.3 mm, 0.4 mm, 0.5 mm in diameter.
The main advantage of Podobrace is the possibility to check the effectiveness of the nail relief, its adaptation to the anatomical shape of the nail, tension and bending before tightening the connector, which is tremendously convenient while applying Podobrace and results in usage only one set for one application. Another advantage of Podobrace is the easy set-up which does not require trimming brace’s arms before setting and twisting tension connector. Furthermore, Podobrace is universal, which means that one item of Podobrace can be adapted to any size or shape of the nail without unnecessary modifications and therefore there is no need to make Podobrace available in different sizes.
