- The following is content from the press release -
Keio University Hospital has opened an "Outpatient Clinic for Baby's Head Shape" in the Pediatric Craniofacial Center, where patients can receive craniofacial correction treatment using Kurum Fit, a helmet developed and manufactured by Japan Medical Company, Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Hideaki Ohno, hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), a helmet that corrects the shape of the baby's head.
Amidst growing social interest in the treatment of babies' head shape (distortion), the "Outpatient Clinic for Baby's Head Shape" was established in the Pediatric Craniofacial Center of Keio University Hospital.
At the "Baby's Head Shape Outpatient Clinic" at Keio University Hospital, it is possible to receive appropriate differential diagnosis (cranial checkup) and treatment according to the situation, whether the infant's cranial deformity is caused by a disease or positional deformity (mainly caused by the direction of the head while sleeping). In addition, our professional staff will participate in the examination and provide services that are close to the baby and the family, together with the doctor.
About the physician responsible for the initial consultation
Full-time Lecturer, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
Deputy Director, Pediatric Craniofacial (Craniofacial) Center, Keio University Hospital
Yoshiaki Sakamoto
- brief personal record
2005 Graduated from Keio University School of Medicine
2007 Joined the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2008 Medical Staff, Pediatric Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Kiyose Children's Hospital
2009 Keio University School of Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Late Stage Clinical Resident
2010 Full-time Doctor, Plastic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center
2011 Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2013 Studied abroad at Necker Children's Hospital, France
2014 Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2016 Full-time Lecturer, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine - Certifications and Academic Affiliations
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, Japanese Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Specialist, Japanese Society of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Japan Skin Tumor Surgeon
Supervising physician in the field of pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery
Delegate, Japanese Association of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Craniosynostosis Study Group, SponsorInternationalSocietyofCraniofacialSurgery,ActiveMember
AsianPacificCraniofacialAssociation,ActiveMember
European AssociationforPlasticSurgeons,CorrespondingMember
AmericanAssociationofPlasticSurgeons,ActiveMember
Full-time Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine
Deputy Director, Pediatric Craniofacial (Craniofacial) Center, Keio University Hospital
Dot Miwa
- brief personal record
2001 Graduated from Hiroshima University School of Medicine
2001 Resident, Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2002 Neurosurgery, Hiratsuka Municipal Hospital
2003 Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Tokyo Medical Center
2004 Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2005 Entered Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University
2005 Department of Neurosurgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine
2006 Department of Emergency Medicine, Keio University Hospital
2009 Completed Doctoral program, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University
2009 Assistant Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine
2011 Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery
2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine
2017 Full-time Lecturer, Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine - Certifications and Academic Affiliations
Board Certified Neurosurgeon, Japan Neurosurgical Society
Board Certified Doctor and Councilor, Japanese Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Board Certified Doctor and Councilor of the Japanese Society for Neuroendoscopy
Board Certification in Cancer Therapy, Japan Agency for Medical Certification in Cancer Therapy
Japan Stroke Association Specialist
Comments from Dr. Sakamoto and Dr. Miwa on the opening of the Baby's Head Shape Outpatient Clinic
Since 1981, we have been treating patients born with deformities of the head and face, including premature fusion of the skull sutures.
Since 2013, we have renewed our organization and established the Pediatric Craniofacial (Craniocraniofacial) Center, which focuses on pediatrics, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery, and has treated over 200 cases of premature skull suture fusion in the last 10 years. As a result, we see many people in our regular practice who are concerned about the shape of their baby's head. Many of them have positional plagiocephaly, which is not pathological but caused by sleeping habit.
Although the use of helmets for the treatment of positional plagiocephaly has been widely publicized in newspapers and other mass media, as well as on social networking services, our center has had a policy of not providing treatment at our own expense. However, we have experienced several patients who were diagnosed with positional plagiocephaly and were followed up with helmet treatment, even though they had premature fusion of the cranial sutures.
Based on these experiences and the numerous family members who requested helmet therapy at a facility that specializes in cranial issues, we decided that positional plagiocephaly should also be treated at a facility that can diagnose and treat pathological premature fusion of skull sutures, and we have decided to begin treatment at our center.
At our center, physicians familiar with premature cranial suture fusion will make the appropriate diagnosis, and depending on the results, treatment will be provided in the same facility. Helmet therapy is also provided in collaboration with pediatrics, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery. In addition, consultation is available in the hospital if a condition requiring treatment is found.
About baby's head distortion
The main cause of distortion of the baby's head is external pressure such as orientation, but rarely there is pathological deformity, and it is the positional cranial deformity caused by external pressure that is the subject of helmet therapy. It is now possible to treat cranial deformity by wearing a therapeutic helmet between the ages of 3 and 6 months, when the baby's head circumference is growing rapidly.
Measurement of the shape of a baby's head can be done not only with a dedicated 3D scanner, but also with the "Baby Head Shape Measurement App".
The "Baby Head Shape Measuring App" developed by our company allows users to easily measure the shape of their baby's head by simply taking a picture. The application has been downloaded more than 200,000 times (*Note) and its accuracy has been improved, and its data has been used in publications by physicians. The app is designed under the supervision of doctors and can also be useful during medical examinations at hospitals.
Note: March 2024, according to our research.
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About Japan Medical Company, Inc.
Japan Medical Company is a manufacturing venture company that uses cutting-edge 3D printing technology to innovate the shape of medicine. The company develops, manufactures, and sells KEZLEX, a three-dimensional model of a human bone that can be cut and clipped, as well as Qurum and Aimet, helmets that correct the distortion of babies' heads.
With a cumulative total of more than 13,000 cases (*note) using helmets, we will work to further expand awareness of helmet therapy and promote the concept of cranial shape correction itself and disease awareness.
*Note: June 2023, Japan Medical Company survey.
Date of Establishment: May 2018
Capital: 10 million yen
Hideaki Ohno, Representative Director and CEO
Head Office : 2F Higashi-Nihonbashi Maki-cho Building, 2-24-12 Higashi-Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0004, Japan
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For inquiries or questions regarding this release, please contact
Mizuho Yanagimoto, President Office, Japan Medical Company, Inc.
TEL: 03-5829-8342 /choice@japanmedicalcompany.co.jp
