Combination instrument for taking biomechanical measurements
US4201226A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 6, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 26, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01B3/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A combination instrument, for use in making biomechanical measurements of the limbs, joints, and appendages of a human body, comprises a scaled straightedge adapted to slidably receive thereon a set of mutually cooperative caliper arms which, themselves, slidably carry body-contacting pads for adjustable placement relative to each other longitudinally of the caliper arms and relative to body irregularities, one of which arms carries a gravity meter for indicating angle measurements, the straightedge being further adapted to pivotally receive at one end thereof a protractor device for rotational movement relative to the straightedge and the caliper arms.
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