Patent ID: 7401413

Claim:
A disposable wound measuring device for simultaneously measuring the length, width and depth of a wound, comprising: a clear plastic flexible member for disposition upon the wound; the clear plastic member having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface that is disposed contiguous to the site of the wound; the clear plastic member further including an aperture centrally located thereon; a plurality of wound measurement circles formed on the upper surface and concentrically arranged about the aperture and substantially covering the upper surface of the clear plastic member; the concentric circles being radially spaced from each other in predetermined increments for allowing the length and width measurements of the wound; an elongated depth gauge for insertion into and through the centrally located aperture so that the depth gauge is disposed at an orientation perpendicular to the clear plastic member; the depth gauge further including a plurality of axially adjoined beads with each bead capable of incrementally and sequentially moving through the aperture during the advancement or retraction of the depth gauge for determining a base of the wound and for frictionally engaging the aperture when the base of the wound is found so that the depth gauge can be retained in that respective position relative to the clear plastic member; and, whereupon placement of the clear plastic member upon the wound and the incremental and sequential movement of each bead through the aperture until the base of the wound is found allows for the simultaneous measurement of the length, width and depth of the wound so that the clear plastic member can be lifted from the wound with the depth gauge being self-retained in position by the frictional engagement of one of the plurality of beads with the centrally located aperture so that wound assessment and recordation can be undertaken to be followed by the disposal of the clear plastic member and the depth gauge.