Charles Turner Price;William R. Schmid;Dawn Griffin
发明人:
William R. Schmid,Charles Turner Price,Dawn Griffin
申请号：
US13638246
公开号：
US20130023810A1
申请日:
2011.03.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A device and method are provided for positioning an infant's hips, and for maintaining the hip joint in a physiological position, during early months of life. The hip-positioning device includes a flexible base having a pair of opposed, outwardly extending side portions. The side portions are dimensioned for supporting thighs of an infant at an acute angle greater than zero relative to a dorsal plane of the infant, with knees of the infant in a flexed position. The base further has a downwardly extending, generally central portion that is adapted for positioning between the infant thighs and dimensioned for retaining the infant thighs in an abducted position. The device additionally includes an element for retaining the base on the infant.
