Napkin for a young child
OwnerJacques Lambertinventor
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Abstract
A napkin for a young child, intended to prevent or cure an abnormality of one or both hips, such as dysplasia or subluxation of the hip. The napkin is characterized by the fact that it comprises semi-rigid means for the orientation of the child's thighs in a bent position approximately at 90.degree. with respect to the pelvis and in an abduction position at 60.degree. approximately, and flexible retaining means shaped and positioned on the child's body to apply and retain the orientation means on the child's thighs and pelvis and vice versa. The orientation means may be of the ischial-sacral type and are constituted by a cross-member, by a cushion. Alternatively, the orientation means are of the ischial-pubic type and are constituted by a cushion, whereof the front end is engaged between the child's thighs.
Claims16
A napkin for an infant designed to prevent or cure an abnormality of one or both hips, such as dysplasia, subluxation of the hip or reducible and stable luxation, by binding the infant in a napkin in the abduction position comprising:
- semi-rigid orientation means for positioning the legs of the infant in bent position at an angle of approximately 90.degree. with respect to the pelvis and in abduction of about 60.degree. while permitting movement of the legs, said semi-rigid orientation means being of the ischio-sacral type, and
- means for retaining said orientation means in position, said retaining means comprising flexible fabric or plastic material which is fastened around the waist of the infant and which assures maintaining the orientation means on the thighs and pelivs of the infant,
- said retaining means applying said orientation means on the pelvis and the lower rear portions of the infant's thighs and to keep the thighs flexed with respect to the pelvis, the orientation means providing a semi-elastic resistance principally to an adduction of the thighs by retaining them in, or restoring them to, the abduction position.
A napkin for an infant designed to prevent or cure an abnormality of one or both hips, such as dysplasis, subluxation of the hip or reducible and stable luxation, by binding the infant P in a napkin in the abduction position comprising;
- semi-rigid orientation means for positioning the legs of the infant in bent position at an angle of approximately 90.degree. with respect to the pelvis and in abduction of about 60.degree. while permitting movement of the legs, said semi-rigid orientation means being of the ischio-pubic type,
- means for retaining said orientation means in position, said retaining means comprising flexible fabric or plastic material which is fastened around the waist fo the infant and which assures maintaining the orientation means of the thighs and pelvis of the infant,
- said retaining means applying the orientation means on the pelvis and on the lower rear faces of the thighs bent with respect to the pelvis, the orientation means providing a semi-elastic resistance to an adducting of the thighs by pushing at the level of their lower rear faces, said semi-rigid means comprising a semi-rigid cushion which is curved longitudinally and of which the forward part is engaged between the thighs of the infant and which defines by its curvature two lateral passages for the infant's thighs respectively, the semi-rigid orientation means having along their lateral borders two zones which are more flexible than the rest of the cushion, designed to relieve hyper-pressure and to facilitate the vascularization of the femoral heads of the infant.
A napkin for an infant intended to prevent or cure an abnormality of one or both hips such as dysplasia, subluxation of the hip or reducible and stable luxation by binding the infant in a napkin in the abduction position comprising:
- orientation means for holding the infants thighs at an angle approximately 90.degree. with respect to the pelvis and approximately 120.degree. to each other while permitting movement of the thighs, and
- retaining means for retaining said orientation means in position on the infant
- said retaining means comprising a panel of flexible fabric or plastic material of a length to extend from the infants waist, down under the crotch and back up to the waist and of a width to extend out along the infants thighs, and securing means at the upper rear end and upper front end of said panel adapted to fasten around the waist of the infant to retain said orientation means and retaining means in position, and
- said orientation means comprising a semi-rigid element extending transversely in a lower rear portion only of said panel in position to bear on lower rear faces of the infants thighs.
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