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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kando Kobayashi, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600595 ; 482132 ;
Abstract
The disclosed measuring device includes a base plate with a scale for measuring a sitting-posture body anteflexion of a subject, and a back plate for supporting the back of the subject is connected to the base plate so that it can assume an upright posture relative to the base plate. A movable table is guided along the scale on the base plate toward and away from the back plate. The table has a cursor for reading the movement distance of the table from a reference point of the scale.