Abstract: An oral appliance having an upper dental tray and lower dental tray. The upper dental tray and lower dental tray are connected by an elongated connector having receptacles at its proximal and distal ends for engaging laterally extending supports on the upper dental tray and lower dental tray, respectively. A backstop is positioned adjacent to each of the laterally extending supports to prevent movement of the connector in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for positioning a body part of a patient. An apparatus can comprise a portable support structure configured to be placed on a patient support surface under a body part of a patient and retention elements attached to the support structure. At least a portion of the support structure is configured to move from lowered position to a raised position above the lowered position. The retention elements are configured to receive the body part. Each retention element has a holding portion and an open region, and each retention element faces at least partially sideways in a retention position.

Abstract: A thumb suctioning prevention brace according to the inventive concept includes a body surrounding opposite sides, a back portion, and a nail of a thumb and having an opening formed therein so that a bottom portion of the thumb is exposed, a band part coupled to a lower portion of the body and fixed to a wrist by connecting opposite ends thereof, and a detachable part provided inside an upper portion of the body, a specific design being displayed on an outer peripheral surface thereof, wherein the body is made of a transparent material, and the specific design is exposed instead of the nail. The effect of the inventive concept is to provide a thumb suctioning prevention brace capable of correcting a habit of suctioning a thumb by recognizing, through the specific design, the infant that a thumb suctioning behavior is uncomfortable.

Abstract: A limb positioning and support device for achieving and maintaining reduction of a human bone in connection with surgical procedures involving orthopedic and other surgical fracture tables. The limb positioning and support device includes an articulating and rotating positioning and support arm coupled between a surgical table and a limb saddle. The positioning and support arm is configured to selectively allow translation and/or rotation of the limb saddle in three degrees of freedom. Actuation mechanisms drive the limb saddle vertically and horizontally. A pivot joint coupled between the limb saddle and the positioning and support arm permits rotation of the limb saddle about a vertical axis, and the limb saddle can be angularly displaced about the longitudinal axis of the subject limb. The limb saddle can be positioned and adjusted to bring fractured bone ends into alignment and hold the fracture stationary during the surgical procedure.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of correction of spinal deformity that overcome current limitations by utilizing a dynamic, multi-segment torso orthosis that allows motion during wear. The disclosed embodiments utilize a series of elastically coupled segments that conform to the circumference of the torso of a patient. Adjustable elastic coupling mechanisms are utilized to create and alter forces and moments that are applied to the torso through the segments. These elastic coupling mechanisms also allow each circumferential segment to move relative to the other segments giving the brace dynamic capability.

Abstract: An active force electric field anti-pathogenic fabric is used to remove pathogens from an environment surrounding the fabric. The fabric can be woven into daily clothing items, personal protective equipment, or other clothing items typically worn by a user. The fabric includes a current-carrying mesh that is coated with active materials used to remove pathogens from the air. As such, the fabric operates as an anti-pathogenic material that is used to remove harmful particles from an area surrounding a user. Accordingly, microorganisms, smoke particles, industrial pollutants, odor molecules, allergens are structurally disassociated into harmless protein fragments and natural molecules when encountering the purifying agents in the fabric.

Abstract: Devices for and methods of measuring, enhancing, and facilitating optimal spinal alignment utilizing an Atlas bar with an Atlas pad inserted into an Atlas sheath, configured when worn by a user to rest on three distinct areas of the user's spine: (a) the Atlas pad at the center of the Atlas vertebra; (b) the Atlas sheath at the center of the thoracic region; and (c) a sacrum pad on the Atlas sheath at the center of the sacrum. Atlas pads may be removed and replaced as the user's spinal alignment improves. Devices may be held in place on the user's body with a torso harness, affixed in jackets or other wearable garments, or backpacks. In use, the Atlas bar and sheath are in simultaneous physical contact with three areas of the user's spine, providing tactile feedback to the user and creating proprioceptive awareness resulting in improving spinal alignment over time.

Abstract: An oral appliance device for use within a human mouth, the human mouth including a tongue, includes an appliance member and a first tongue positioner. The appliance member selectively engages teeth within the human mouth. The first tongue positioner is configured to adjust positioning of the tongue, the first tongue positioner being removably secured to the appliance member. The oral appliance device can further include a second tongue positioner that is configured to adjust positioning of the tongue, the second tongue positioner being alternatively, removably secured to the appliance member. Additionally, the first tongue positioner can have a first size, and the second tongue positioner can have a second size that is different than the first size.

Abstract: A mandibular advancement device having a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a first occlusal surface and a first generally U-shaped groove, the second frame having a second occlusal surface and second generally U-shaped groove, having a first sidewall orthogonal to the first occlusal surface and a second sidewall orthogonal to the first occlusal surface and parallel to the first sidewall. There is a rib between the first and second sidewall and parallel to the first and second sidewalls and having a top that is narrower than a middle, a third sidewall orthogonal to the second occlusal surface, the third sidewall in relative position to be slidingly received adjacent the first sidewall, and a fourth sidewall orthogonal to the second occlusal surface, the third sidewall in relative position to be slidingly received adjacent the second sidewall. A channel of the second occlusal surface disposed in relative position to snappingly receive the rib.

Abstract: A surgical head fixation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a head holder for holding the head of a patient; an articulated link unit which supports the head holder and which is composed of a plurality of link sections; and a support base unit which has a support shaft supporting the articulated link unit and which is to be detachably mounted to an operating table on which the patient is to be placed. The articulated link unit includes at least one link-shaped clamping operation unit which constitutes a link section(s) and which has an operating lever. The link-shaped clamping operation unit has, as pivot axes, at least a first axis and a second axis which are parallel to the support shaft, and a third axis extending in the axial direction of the link-shaped clamping operation unit.

Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting spinal deformity utilize a dynamic, multi-structure torso orthosis that allows motion during wear. The disclosed embodiments utilize a series of elastically coupled ring structures that conform to the circumference of the torso of a patient. Adjustable elastic coupling mechanisms are utilized to create and alter forces and moments that are applied to the torso through these ring structures. In some instances, the ring structures are formed from individual elements that can be linked to accommodate particular anatomies. In other instances, a superior ring structure can be configured to accommodate the patient's upper torso.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a medical device for foot support related to a mechanism for attaching a calf support of the birthing bed, comprising a calf support (3) connected to a foot support (2) and a ball joint (5) connecting the calf support (3) and the foot support (2), wherein the ball part (5) comprises a pin (6) of the ball joint (5), a ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) and a housing (8), wherein the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) is arranged in the housing (8), the medical device further comprising a pressing element (9) and a pre-biased spring (10), characterized in that the pre-biased spring (10) is arranged between the pressing element (9) and the fixed part (11) of the calf support (3), wherein at the end distant from the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) the pre-biased spring abuts to adjacent fixed part (11) of the calf support (3) and at the end near the ball part (7) of the ball joint (5) it abuts to the movable pressing element (9) which is connected with the control member.

Abstract: A patient positioning system for positioning a patient in preparation for an anterior cervical spinal procedure includes a base section, an upper body support attachable to a superior portion of the base section and a lower body support attachable to an inferior portion of the base section. The upper body support is configured to support the head and upper torso of the patient in a manner that aids in opening cervical spine disk space. The lower body support is configured to comfortably lift and support the legs of the patient. A traction strap assembly is attachable to the base section and configured to extend from the base section up around the shoulders of the patient and along the anterior side of the patient to a lower terminal end to enable intermittent traction of the patient's shoulders.

Abstract: A neck therapy device supports the head of a patient in a supine, side-lying or prone position to eliminate the effects of gravity on the cervical vertebrae and associated musculature. A sliding platform supporting the head permits frictionless turning throughout full cervical motion and a cervical support can target a particular cervical vertebra to isolate motion to superior vertebrae. The cervical support is also used to apply traction and pressure to cervical muscles and vertebrae to effect soft-tissue mobilization and activate and strengthen cervical muscles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wearable device for body correction, which is capable of adapting a position suitable for pressing a patient's body's curve to be corrected. To this end, the wearable device for body correction includes an outerwear worn on an upper body of a patient, a curve presser disposed on the outerwear and configured to press a curve of the body to be corrected, a strength adjuster disposed on the outerwear, connected to the curve presser by a wire, and configured to adjust a strength of pressure applied by the curve presser by adjusting an amount of winding/unwinding of the wire, and a guide rail disposed on the outerwear and configured to guide vertical sliding of at least one of the curve presser and the strength adjuster.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a male contraception apparatus for obtaining temporary sterility of a male mammalian individual. The apparatus has an implantable restriction device adapted to restrict vas deference in the region downstream the ampulla during a controlled period in order to preventing sperms to reach the urethra. Further, the apparatus has a control device for controlling the operation of the restriction device.

Abstract: Rotation unit (16) for connecting to an operating table for rotation of a patient's leg about its longitudinal axis, wherein the rotation unit (16) comprises: an interface (24) for attachment of the foot of the patient's leg on the rotation unit (16); a rotor, to which the interface (24) is connected in a torsionally resistant manner and which is used for rotation of the interface (24) and thus of the patient's leg about the longitudinal axis; a stator (42), on which the rotor is rotatably mounted, such that the rotor can rotate relative to the stator; a rotary handle (22) for rotation of the rotor; and a locking assembly (26) for blocking the rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. The locking assembly (26) can be actuated by means of an action on the rotary handle.

Abstract: A passive spine elongation device has a front portion and a rear portion pivotally connected to the front leg portion. An adjustment device connected to the front portion and the rear portion allows the distance between the front and leg portions to be adjusted, thereby allowing a variable apex angle and adjustable height of the same. The front portion includes a head support, a torso support and a pelvic/hip support. The rear portion includes a leg support. The head support is spaced from the torso support, while the torso support is also spaced from the pelvic/hip support.

Abstract: A extremity offloading system including a body with an outer surface, an inner surface, and a first thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The outer surface can be at least partially round. The inner surface can define an aperture. The aperture can be configured to accept insertion of a leg or an ankle of a patient.

Abstract: An improved orthopedic casting slipper kit for custom molding of a foot casting, wherein the kit includes a low-cut casting slipper shaped to extend upwardly on a patient's foot from a plantar surface of the foot to an open end. and a quantity of curable resin for impregnation into the fabric of the casting slipper, the improvement comprising a sheer removal sock which is first placed on the patient's foot, prior to the casting slipper to facilitate removal of the hardened mold.