Patent ID: 6592536
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A cranial passive remodeling orthosis comprising:a first member for encircling the cranium of an infant which comprises an exterior surface and an interior surface, and at least one overlapping segment permitting said member to be enlarged or decreased in circumference; and a substantially rigid second member comprising a convex curvilinear protrusion affixed to and protruding from at least a central region of said first member wherein said protrusion comprises at least one singular convex curvilinear exterior surface with the apex of said curvilinear surface comprising the apex and external surface of said protrusion and wherein said apex is positioned to overlie a portion of the circumference of said exterior surface of said first member, but wherein said protrusion of said second member does not completely encircle any portion of said first member, and wherein said protrusion is sized so that when said infant is lying on a surface, said second member prevents said infant's head from lying on at least a part of said first member underlying said second member and encourages said infant's head to lie on other regions of said first member; and wherein said orthosis comprises a headgear free of shoulder support such that when worn by said infant, said headgear allows the infant sufficient freedom of motion to position its head both vertically and horizontally and to turn its head from left to right in a substantially unrestricted fashion relative to the lying surface.