ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,249, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to OCCIPO Ltd. (Sde-Ilan, Israel).

"Cranial orthosis and method therefor" was invented by Shai Eyal (Sde-Ilan, Israel), Naama Eyal (Sde-Ilan, Israel) and Jonathan Bar-Or (Pardes Hanna, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cranial orthosis configured to induce cranial remodeling to achieve symmetry of the skull, as well as adequate proportions between the head width and length, for infants suffering from positional skull deformities comprises a headpiece adapted to encircle, and to be secured to, the skull of an infant suffering from positional skull deformity in such a way that contact between ...