Patent References 1039901 1488435 2589904 3196551 3358373 Machine for determining vertebrae locations in the human body Manual dexterity aptitude testing Patent #: 4037480 InventorApplicationNo. 05/819003 filed on 07/26/1977US Classes:600/587, Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or exerted by body33/512, Human600/592FootExaminersPrimary: Cohen, Lee S.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA61B 5/107 (20060101)G01B 3/00 (20060101) AbstractA 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. | |