US 12,490,917 B2
Static goniometer gage and set
Dana Rae Rorie, Charleston, SC (US); Shawn Ethan Katalinas, Johns Island, SC (US); and Bethany Baldwin, Charleston, SC (US)
Assigned to THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,995.
Prior Publication US 2024/0315602 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1121 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1071 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A static goniometer gage set for determining changes in range of motion of a joint in flexion and extension, said static goniometer gage set comprising:
an initial static goniometer gage, a final static goniometer gage, and a plurality of intermediate static goniometer gages, each said static goniometer gage of said initial static goniometer gage, said final static goniometer gage, and said plurality of intermediate static goniometer gages comprising:
a first elongate lobe comprising an inner surface;
a second elongate lobe comprising an inner surface and fixedly attached to said first elongate lobe at a vertex, wherein said inner surface of said first elongate lobe is shorter than said inner surface of said second elongate lobe; wherein
said first and second elongate lobes of said initial static goniometer gage subtend an initial angle measured between said inner surface of said first lobe and said inner surface of said second lobe of said initial static goniometer gage;
said first and second elongate lobes of said final static goniometer gage subtend a final angle measured between said inner surface of said first lobe and said inner surface of said second lobe of said final static goniometer gage;
said first and second elongate lobes of each one of said intermediate static goniometer gages subtends a respective angle, measured between respective inner surfaces of said first and second lobes of each said intermediate static goniometer gage; wherein
no two of said angles subtended by said inner surfaces of said first and second lobes of any of said static goniometer gages comprising said static goniometer gage set are equal to one another, and wherein said inner surfaces of said first and second lobes of each of said static goniometer gages are configured for engagement with a digit including said joint to compare said angle subtended by said inner surfaces of said first and second lobes of said static goniometer gage with said range of motion of said joint.