The Clarren Helmet is a patient specific cranial orthosis that applies passive pressure to prominent regions of an infant’s cranium in order to improve cranial symmetry and/or shape in infants from 3 to 18 months of age with moderate to severe nonsynostotic positional plagiocephaly, including infants with plagiocephalic, brachycephalic, and scaphocephalic- shaped heads. The Clarren Helmet is made with an outer polypropylene plastic shell with a Plastizote inner liner and a chinstrap to help hold the helmet in place.
A custom-made helmet-like device intended to be worn on the head of an infant with an abnormal head shape (e.g., due to plagiocephaly, brachycephaly, scaphocephaly), or after craniosynostosis repair surgery, to apply pressure to the cranium and improve cranial symmetry/shape during growth over a period of months. It is made of durable materials (e.g., plastic, solid foam) and is designed with patient-specific characteristics (e.g., size, shape) based on head measurements (e.g., clinical pictures, 3-D scans, casts). It is typically worn during daily activities and sleep. This is a single-patient device that can be reapplied during the treatment period (reusable) before being discarded.