Cranial helmet therapy: a digital workflow for plagiocephaly and brachycephaly

HomeCranial Helmet Module

The treatment window is narrow; your process should be faster.

The optimal window for plagiocephaly and brachycephaly treatment is between months 4 and 8. Clonify reduces the 10–18 day plaster helmet process to a same-day scan and a target delivery of ≤2 days — with clinician approval at every critical step.

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Why is speed so critical?

In cranial remolding treatment, the infant's skull growth rate is your most important ally. The optimal window is months 4–8; every week spent in the plaster process is a week of that window spent irreversibly. Outcomes are markedly better when treatment starts early.

Months 4–8

Optimal treatment window

10–18 days

Average delivery in the plaster process

≤2 days

Clonify target delivery time

For families

Worried about your baby's head shape?

Flat head syndrome (plagiocephaly) is common in infants and can be managed successfully when addressed at the right time. In clinics using Clonify, the process is far more comfortable for your baby.

No plaster, no stress

Your baby's head is never cast in plaster. Measurement is completed in a single session with a contactless 3D scan that takes seconds.

Objective measurement, clear information

Head asymmetry is measured millimetrically with international metrics such as CVAI and cephalic index — and reported to you.

You see the progress together

At every check-up, the new scan is automatically compared with the previous one; you follow your baby's progress in numbers and visuals.

No time is lost

Because the treatment window is narrow, speed matters. The digital process targets helmet delivery within days.

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HSC analysis, HSD helmet: the desktop steps

The four views below map to desktop workspace steps. The numbers are from the sample report; the mesh is a downsampled PLY of the same case.

1Import
2Slice
3Cranial
4Export

Drag to rotate the model · Stages advance as you scroll

01 · Import

Head analysis and helmet · import

The head scan loads as PLY or STL. The point cloud here is the real vertices of the sample file — not a drawn ellipsoid.

Workspace: HSC + HSD
Step: Import

Real sample scan — measurements from the 19 Aug 2026 cranial report

Head Socket Analyses

Head analysis (HSC)

The scan is imported, aligned to the anatomical plane, sliced, photographed and compared with a previous scan. The PDF report comes from this workspace.

1
Import
A PLY/STL head scan is loaded; smoothing, densification and hole/shell repair run in this step.
2
Head Alignment
The model is aligned to the anatomical plane. Ear landmarks are the reference for later trim and helmet lines.
3
Head Slicer
CVAI, cephalic index, circumference and diameters are measured on Z slices. Sample report: CVAI 6.1% · CI 87.6% · CVA 8.6 mm · circ. 438.1 mm.
4
Cranial Photo Capture
Clinical photographs are bound to the same file as the scan and embedded in the report.
5
Head Comparison
Two scans side by side: anthropometry, asymmetry, volume and a live slice. The PDF report is produced here.

Head Socket Design

Helmet design (HSD)

From the aligned scan: target shape, clearance, shell, assembly and STL export. Deformity type is not a separate step; CVAI/CI are measured in the helmet-design step.

1
Import
The same scan file is opened for helmet design.
2
Head Alignment
Alignment from analysis is kept or repeated.
3
Cranial
The current head is measured. A future head is built from target CVAI/CI; the helmet inner surface stays at least 10 mm outside the scan (growth allowance).
4
Zone / Clearance
Active (1.5–2.5 mm) and passive (6–8 mm) clearance bands are applied to the target shape.
5
Shell / Offset
Liner inner-surface offset and an editable trim loop. The cut is separate: Apply Crop.
6
Assembly
Hole, lid and hinge tools in one step, tabbed.
7
Validate / Export
Fit check, orthotist approval, clinical report and STL export.

For clinicians

The entire cranial flow: analysis, design, report — in one place

In competitor tools, analysis and design live in separate software. In Clonify, automatic anthropometric measurement, clinician-approved helmet design and family/physician-ready reports are produced in the same flow.

System suggestedClinician approved

Automatic anthropometry

The head model aligns automatically to the anatomical plane; CVAI, cephalic index, volume, circumference and diameters are computed automatically with threshold-based severity classification.

Treatment comparison report

Pre/post treatment scans are compared automatically; a PDF/Excel clinical report is one click away. Feed physician referrals with evidence.

Guided helmet design

The system suggests the design step by step; clinical decisions such as relief/pressure regions and trimlines always stay with you.

No CAD expertise required

Our target: ≤8 hours of training, first unassisted device within ≤5 workdays. We co-design the first 10 devices with you remotely.

Comparison

See the plaster process and the digital process side by side

The same job in two different worlds: plaster workshop on the left, digital flow on the right.

Plaster process

Clonify process

Sample clinical report

A cranial evaluation report produced by the desktop app

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Clonify desktop export dated 19 Aug 2026 (kafa1.ply). The name line is the sample 'example'; this is not a diagnosis. Measured values: CVAI 6.1% · cephalic index 87.6% · CVA 8.6 mm · slice circumference 438.1 mm. Severity classification is the clinician's call.

Metric	Value	Note
CVAI	6.1%	Measured value — classification is clinical
Cephalic index	87.6%	ML 129.1 / AP 147.4 mm
CVA	8.6 mm	A 149.8 · B 141.2
Circumference	438.1 mm	AP 147.4 · ML 129.1

The report is exported as PDF from the desktop app and shared with the physician and family.