ES1144758U - Body altimeter (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Body altimeter, characterized by being composed of: a) a base on which the subject is placed to be measured which can be a podoscope or a platform of plantar pressures. b) height rod with two vertical bars that include a measuring tape or have a measuring scale printed to be able to quantify the heights. c) a horizontal bar that articulates on the two vertical bars and that has a system of counterweights that facilitates the sliding of the same and that can be adjusted in height of the subject in measurement, thanks to a few casings and a system of pulleys. d) a lancet mounted on the horizontal bar that can be projected forward and backward to contact with any point on the body surface of the subject in measurement. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Body Altimeter

2 2 SET. 2015

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OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is a device for quantifying the height of any anatomical reference of the subject in bideptation. It can be used to compare the measurements made on both hemibodies, and thus be able to objectify specific bodily asymmetries or related to lower extremity dismetries. It is applicable in the health sciences sector such as podiatry, biomechanics, orthopedics, physiotherapy and medicine.

STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

In the clinical exercise in Health Sciences different measurements of anthropometry are practiced to diagnose dysmetrias that are described in the literature. Here are the most common:

Measurement of the length of the lower limbs in supine decubitus with tape measure (1,2): with this measurement the length of the lower limbs can be quantified and compared while the subject is in supine position on a stretcher, after balancing of pelvic muscle tensions. The evaluator asks the subject to be centered on the stretcher and to bend their knees and hips to rest their feet on the stretcher (90 ° hip and knee flexion), so that they can raise the pelvis towards the ceiling and return to the initial position by lowering the pelvis to the stretcher. The evaluator must ensure that the subject does not actively extend their knees, so this extension will be performed passively by the evaluator. After these actions, the evaluator will take measurements A, B, C and D. These measurements are made with a tape measure, repeating three times each measurement to calculate the arithmetic mean of them. The reliefs with skin markers will be marked on the skin.

Measure A will be taken from the lower lip of the anterior superior iliac spines (EIAS) to the inferior relief of the internal malleoli, keeping the feet separated at the same separation distance from the EIAS.

Measure B will be taken from the bisection between the line joining the two ESIAs to the lower relief of the internal malleoli.

Measure C will be taken from the upper area of the navel to the lower relief of the internal malleoli.

Measure D will be taken from the xiphoid appendix to the inferior relief of the internal malleoli.

Instrumental evaluation of the height of the iliac crests with the patient in standing position by level of hips (3). With this system, the height difference between both iliac crests in charge can be quantified. With the level of pelvis graduated, we will obtain the quantification of the dissymmetry at pelvic level in charge. We will note the degrees of deviation and the distance between both blades of the level (knowing the degrees of inclination and the distance between blades, the formula is applied distance by the sine of the angle and we obtain measured unevenness) then we will supplement, with splints of known thickness, until it is leveled and we will note the value of the sum of these tablets.

These measurements would be performed barefoot, and footwear with plantar orthoses (in cases that require them).

Documentary sources:

(one)

Terry MA, Winell JJ, Green DW, Schneider R, Peterson M, Marx RG, et al. Measurement variance in limb length discrepancy: clinical and radiographic assessment of interobserver and intraobserver variability. J Pediatr Orthop 2005 Mar-Apr; 25 (2): 197-201.

(two)

Jamaluddin S, Sulaiman AR, Imran MK, Juhara H, Ezane MA, Nordin S. Reliability and accuracy of the tape measurement method with a nearest reading of 5 mm in the assessment of leg length discrepancy. Singapore Med J 2011 Sep; 52 (9): 681-684.

(3)

Piva SR, Erhard RE, Childs JD, Hicks G, AI-Abdulmohsin H. Reliability of measuring iliac crest level in the standing and sitting position using a new measurement device. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2003 Sep; 26 (7): 437-441.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1: Body altimeter made of steel with pendulum system and podoscope base to observe the contact trace.

Figure 2: Detail of the horizontal bar. This can be adjusted in height. It includes the lancet that slides in the anterior-posterior direction to locate the anatomical reference whose height is to be quantified.

Figure 3: Detail of the horizontal bar. This can be adjusted in height. It includes the lancet that slides in the anterior-posterior direction to locate the anatomical reference whose height is to be quantified.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The device consists of a stadiometer with two vertical bars (fig.1), unlike the current stadiometer. These two bars ascend from a platform on which the subject is placed in bipdestación, and they present metric tapes for the reading of the heights (Figure 2). The platform on which the patient rests can be a system of collection of plantar pressures, which allows the simultaneous study of the plantar pressures next to the heights of both lower extremities. On the two vertical bars sits a third horizontal bar (Fig. 3), which can be adjusted in height over the previous ones thanks to some ferrules and a system of pulleys and counterweights. This horizontal bar moves cranially or caudally, placing itself in front of the anatomical referent whose distance to the floor is quantified. Finally, from this horizontal bar slides a lancet that the observer will position in contact with the anatomical reference itself to have proof that the measurement is correct. The body altimeter is designed as a valid instrument for quantifying the height of any corporal reference to the ground, with the subject standing (or even sitting)

It consists of a base on which the subject is placed to be measured. This base can be a podoscope or even a platform of plantar pressures. In this way, the observer can relate the differences in symmetry between the heights of the

Right and left hemicuerpos with difference in the distribution of plantar pressures or asymmetry in the contact traces.

The two vertical bars will include a tape measure or they will present printed a scale of measurement to be able to quantify the heights.

The horizontal bar that articulates on the two vertical bars will have a system of counterweights that facilitate the sliding of the same.

The lancet that is mounted on the horizontal bar may project forward and behind to contact any point on the body surface of the subject in measurement.

EXAMPLE OF REALIZATION OF THE INVENTION

The device consists of a stadiometer with two vertical bars of steel or siliar material (it can also be made of lighter metals or even plastic), unlike the current stadiometers. These two bars ascend from a platform on which the subject is placed in bipdestación, and they present metric tapes for the reading of the heights. The platform on which the patient rests can be a system of collection of plantar pressures, which allows the simultaneous study of the plantar pressures next to the heights of both lower extremities.

On the two vertical bars sits a third horizontal bar, which can be adjusted in height over the previous ones thanks to a few casings and a system of pulleys and counterweights. This horizontal bar moves cranially or caudally, placing itself in front of the anatomical referent whose distance to the floor is quantified. Finally, from this horizontal bar slides a lancet that the observer will position in contact with the anatomical reference itself to have proof that the measurement is correct.

In this way you can quantify the distance to the ground of any point on the body, unlike the conventional stadiometer, which can only be applied reliably on the subject's head.

Claims (2)

1. Body altimeter, characterized by being composed of: a) a base on which the subject is positioned to be measured, which can be a podoscope or a plantar pressure platform. b) height rod with two vertical bars that include a tape measure or have a measurement scale printed to be able to quantify the heights. c) a horizontal bar that is articulated on the two vertical bars and that has a system of counterweights that facilitates its sliding and that can be adjusted in height of the subject being measured, thanks to some bushings and a system of pulleys. d) a lancet mounted on the horizontal bar that can be projected back and forth to contact any point on the body surface of the subject being measured. 2. Body altimeter, according to claim 1, characterized in that it is a valid device for quantifying the height of any body reference to the ground, with the subject standing or sitting.