University of Iowa Research Foundation

Nicole M Grosland

Jose Morcuende

Thomas M Cook

Matthew A Howard

C Allan Guymon

Oliver Elias Flouty

Kelly Jensen

Kingsley Adobe-Iyamah

Nicole Jensen

Kirsten E Stoner

Robert Kruse

Brian James Green

An apparatus for treating clubfoot is provided that includes a pair of vertically stacked and parallel cross bars that are connected to shoe attachment member via four hinges to define a parallelogram shaped gap therebetween. As the user raises a knee, one shoe attachment member can be displaced via the hinges (primarily in the y-axis or anterior/superior plane) relative to the other shoe attachment member, while the distance between the crossbars remains constant.

Reciprocating connecting bar assembly for a clubfoot brace

Devices and methods for treating clubfoot are disclosed.

Clubfoot orthotic

A cranial plate is provided for use after a craniectomy. The plate is mounted to the skull and protects the brain exposed in the skull opening. A plate is initially spaced above the skull with gaskets or spacers so as to preclude pressure on the brain. The gaskets or spacers are resorptive, or otherwise dissolve or shrink over time, until the plate settles upon the skull. An elastic web extending over the plate provides a constant force to pull the plate towards the skull as the spacers shrink. The plate is secured to the skull using screws. The plate may include alignment posts residing adjacent the skull opening to maintain proper positioning of the plate as the spacers shrink. The plate eliminates the need for a second cranioplasty surgical procedure.

Cranioplasty plate

Kits, devices, and methods for treating clubfoot are provided. The devices have two platforms that are attached to a bar. The platforms define slots to allow therapeutically preferred orientations of the platforms when attached to the bar. The kits and devices are simple to use and adjust, with a limited amount of possible settings.

A device may include a first plate and a second plate, and a linkage system that attaches the first plate and the second plate to one another such that the plates are capable of translating relative to each other, and the plates are incapable of rotating relative to each other.

Growing community of inventors

Iowa City, IA, United States of America

Nicole M Grosland