Patent ID: 6497051
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A61B,G01B

Abstract:
A measurement device comprising,a pair of legs, each leg having a measurement point and a fulcrum end, the fulcrum ends each providing a pivot point for a respective one of said legs so that the measurement points are adapted to arcuately move apart from one another; a transducer assembly connected to at least one of the legs and adapted to measure leg displacement and generate a distance signal; a programmable processing unit adapted to process the distance signal and display a distance measurement on an electronic display; and a control for selecting a scale value so that the programmable processing unit compensates for a scale associated with a measurement taken between the measurement points and displays an unscaled measurement on the display, wherein the scale lacks predetermined scale values, such that the scale value is set, based on said measurement, to any value within a given range.