Joseph nasal knife
A long, slender-handled instrument with a small single-edged cutting blade at the tip, straight or slightly curved, available in a blunt button-tip (protected) variant and a sharp-tip variant.
How it is used
Used in open or closed rhinoplasty: the button-tip variant separates the skin-soft tissue envelope from the underlying cartilage and bone without perforating it, while the sharp-tip variant cuts or shaves the septal and dorsal cartilage with precision.
Clinical tip
Named after Jacques Joseph (1865-1934), considered the father of modern aesthetic rhinoplasty; distinct from the already-catalogued Joseph scissors and Joseph hook (single-blade cutting action, not a shearing or traction instrument).
Sources
This entry is part of the Instriq catalog, researched and written per specialty from real web research -- never generated or invented without verification -- and reviewed skeptically and independently before publication. How this catalog is written.
History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-25.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.