SMöLTAP: Lumbar puncture/spinal tap positioning cradle

During lumbar punctures/spinal taps, SMöLTAP helps to redirect the care team’s focus from hold dependency to infant comfort and tap accuracy. Our positioning cradle helps to improve the tap procedure by making the process more consistent and replicable.

Device features: Positioning: The SMöLTAP molded cradle configures the child in a natural, upright, forward-leaning position and ensures that the spine is in an ideal orientation for a successful procedure. The infant’s face peers through an opening, where a Sweetease/Kisses dipped pacifier can be offered along with the calming presence of a nurse or parent.

Highly adjustable: Two soft straps hold the child securely in the cradle to reduce the likelihood of movement during the tap, shifting the team’s focus to tap accuracy. A sliding shoulder guard further helps to accommodate infants of all sizes and allows for a comfortable cross body fit.

Secure hold: A stiff flat grounded plate with rubber stoppers ensures the position of the device, and therefore the child, remains stationary. Our device is so strong you can probably stand on it!

Infant-focused: With the team’s focus shifted away from holding the infant still, they can focus on keeping the patient comfortable and calm. With this shift, doctors now have range of motion and free hands to focus on tap accuracy, instead of baby position and hold.