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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1990
Steve Lamb, Hayward, CA (US);
Alan A Halpern, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Orthopedic Systems, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for determining the distance between points on first and second skeletal bodies. The apparatus may continually achieve such distance determination during relative movement between the skeletal bodies. The apparatus includes first and second clamps or aimers each including a tip and base. Aimers are attached to the first and second skeletal bodies and are connected to an articulated linkage. The angular motion of the articulated linkages determines and correlates the movement between first and second aimers attached to the skeletal bodies. The signal produced by the articulated linkage is translated into a measurement of distance between the tips of the first and second skeletal bodies.