Abstract: A sizer for assessing the geometry of a heart valve annulus. The sizer preferably includes a circular sizing portion for measuring the diameter of the valve annulus. The sizing portion has radial spokes. The spokes are used to compare the symmetry of the commissures to the expected symmetry of a normal heart valve. The sizer preferably has one or more legs attached to the sizing portion for comparing the contour of the line of valve leaflet attachment to the expected contour of a normal heart valve having a diameter substantially equivalent to the measured diameter of the valve annulus.

Abstract: A single measurement tool is configured to measure at least two characteristics of a patient's vasculature during a surgical procedure such as a coronary artery bypass graft procedure. The measurement tool includes an indentation defined therein that is placed against a tubular structure such as the aorta to determine whether that tubular structure has a radius larger than or smaller than the radius of curvature of the indentation. The measurement tool may include a number of first recesses for measuring the diameter of a tubular structure. The measurement tool may include at least one second recess for measuring the wall thickness of a tubular structure.

Abstract: A blister type packaging, housing at least one golf glove, has a device and indicia incorporated within the package whereby a user may estimate his/her glove size by merely placing his/her hand on a measuring station that will determine glove size by the length of the middle finger. The package will have incorporated a stop-tab, that the user will wedge between the web junction of his/her index and middle fingers, which will serve as a orientation or reference point for the correct positioning of the hand. The stop-tab is an integral part of the package, and helps to make the packages stackable with each other by nestling within the indentation of an adjoining package.

Abstract: A blister type packaging, housing at least one golf glove, has a device and indicia incorporated within the package whereby a user may estimate his/her glove size by merely placing his/her hand on a measuring station that will determine glove size by the length of the middle finger.

Abstract: A device and a method for measuring wrist motion is provided. The device allows for direct determination of wrist position in the radial/ulnar and flexion/extension planes, without needing calibration or determination of the center of rotation of the wrist. The goniometer forearm component is adapted to be releasably affixed to a forearm of a user. A hand component is also provided adapted to be releasably affixed to a hand of the user. The displacement measuring devices include cables adapted to be connected to the hand component. The displacement measuring devices are configured to ultimately measure angular displacement of the hand component relative to the forearm component.

Abstract: A beam scale for measurement of body weight and height according to the present invention includes a frame and a weighing mechanism. The frame includes a base assembly, a pillar assembly, and a horn assembly. The weighing mechanism is housed within the frame and includes a beam, weights, and a lever assembly. The horn assembly may include a transparent holding bracket having a level indicator. The scale may include a height measurement assembly having a height rod, a sheath supported by the horn assembly and the pillar assembly, a measuring arm, and a transparent height-measuring window having a line indicator. The frame may include a quick assembly mechanism to secure the pillar assembly to the base assembly during final assembly, quiet wheels for transport, and/or handle bars to support the user. Much of the frame may be made of pigmented thermoplastic or thermoset materials to reduce manufacturing costs and scale weight.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a measuring tape for measuring the torso girth of a user, the tape comprising a separable fastening that, when fastened, creates a loop of tape that extends in use around the user's torso without support from the user's hands, a link co-operable with the tape allowing the circumference of the loop to be adjusted or varied when around the user's torso, and girth indicia co-operable with the link to indicate the circumference of the loop. The link maintains a securing tension on the loop to secure the loop around the torso but allows expansion of the loop when the user expands her torso during said measurement, and resists variation of the loop circumference when the fastening is unfastened after use. In this way, the circumference of the loop can be read by the user after use with reference to the girth indicia A method for measuring the torso girth of a user by means of the present invention is also contemplated.

Abstract: A measuring system has a freely movable measuring instrument and a computer for processing the measured data. Two measuring devices are in the measuring instrument, each with two acceleration sensors. Two of the sensor each in a common plane and the two measuring planes are at right angles to one another. A measuring wheel is in the measuring instrument for acquiring the length of the displacement path of the measuring instrument. The measuring instrument acquires the shape and length of a surface line of a body and its representation in two spatial planes with a measuring range from 0 to 360° in one plane. Input elements and a display arrangement on the measuring instrument serve to simplify the measuring process and permit direct control and monitoring of the measuring process.

Abstract: A surgical site marking system for marking, correlating, and verifying that the surgical site which is to undergo the surgical procedure has been identified as the correct surgical site. The system utilizes labels and a series of checks to associate the patient with the correct surgery and appropriate surgical site.

Abstract: Device for determining the size of a blind void comprises an elongated rigid rod, an actuator slidably movable relative to the rod, the actuator having a distal end for insertion into the void, a distal flexible element fixed at one end thereof to the rod, a second flexible element fixed at one end thereof to the rod and proximally removed from the distal flexible element. Movement of the actuator is operative to cause equal movements of the distal end portions of the distal and proximal elements, to cause the distal element to bulge outwardly from the rod to engage interior walls of the void and to cause the proximal element to bulge outwardly in a configuration duplicative of the distal element bulge, the proximal element being outside of the void and subject to observation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining the circumference of a body.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method for measuring the height of a guest at a theme park, including employing an ultrasonic emitter and sensor to determine height. The park may have a plurality of different predetermined minimum height ranges or categories for certain rides and attractions, which must be met by a guest before the guest is allowed to participate. The results of the height measurement are provided on indicia and given to the guest to use at rides throughout the park. The device may be a wristband affixed to the guest, and displaying a color or symbol based on the height of the guest. The guest would be allowed to participate in an attraction provided the color code matches the minimum requirements of the attraction. This present invention may eliminate the need to check the height of the guest at each ride.

Abstract: A level pen/pencil or other writing instrument is equipped with an end-mounted level vial which mates with the pen/pencil barrel. The housing of the level is entirely clear allowing for the bubble of the level to be visible from all sides of the pen/pencil. The level pen/pencil is designed with sufficient length for reaching from a center of a child's head to a vertical wall surface for marking the child's height thereon. The level pen/pencil can also be used for other applications requiring both a level and a marking means such as construction, repair work, hanging pictures or shelves, or various other leveling and marking tasks.

Abstract: A sizer for assessing the geometry of a heart valve annulus including a handle portion for holding the sizer and a sizing portion. The sizing portion is preferably in the shape of an arch having an apex and two legs, each of which has a base adjoining the handle portion. The legs of the arched sizing portion are separated from each other by a predetermined distance that corresponds to the expected separation of commissures of a normal heart valve annulus. The height of the arch (measured from the base of each leg to the apex) corresponds to a predetermined leaflet height that approximates the expected height of a leaflet of a normal heart valve. For aortic valve reconstruction, the instrument is inserted into the opened aortic root following removal of the native valve tissue and is used to assess the distance between the commissures, the leaflet height, and the symmetry of the commissures of the exposed valve annulus.

Abstract: A device and a method for measuring wrist motion is provided. The device allows for direct determination of wrist position in the radial/ulnar and flexion/extension planes, without needing calibration or determination of the center of rotation of the wrist. The goniometer comprises a forearm component locating at least three displacement measuring devices. The forearm component is adapted to be releasably affixed to a forearm of a user. A hand component is also provided adapted to be releasably affixed to a hand of the user. The displacement measuring devices include cables adapted to be connected to the hand component. The displacement measuring devices are configured to measure angular displacement of the hand component relative to the forearm component. Two of the cables may be provided adjacent and substantially parallel to each other at substantially the same height above the base of the forearm component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for measuring the length of the hair and/or the portions of the face of an individual being examined. In order to enable precise and reproducible measurement, the invention provides a support that can be placed on the head of a person and having a flexible measuring element disposed in the area of the top or crown of the head. Said support consists of two flexible support brackets (10, 12) disposed perpendicularly relative to each other, on the crossing. point (16) of which the measuring element (14) preferably in the form of a measuring tape is attached in a freely rotational manner.

Abstract: A gauge and a method for using the gauge, measures the Frankfurt Mandibular Angle (FMA) non-invasively, without the use of x-rays. The gauge has an upper bar that, in use, parallels the patient's porion-orbitale line. A downward bar depends from the upper bar and has an adjustably attached lower bar. The lower bar is adjusted to parallel the patient's gonion-menton line. Once the gauge is properly adjusted to the patient and locked into place, the user reads a measuring device on the gauge, which indicates the relative positions of the components of the adjusted gauge. These reading are then correlated, directly or indirectly, to the patient's FMA.

Abstract: A device for placing one or more reference lines on the face of a user in such manner as not to mark the face in any manner. The device utilizes a frame adapted to rest on top of the nasal bone and the ears of the user. At least one line drawing attachment is detachably secured to the frame. The attachment includes an elongated hollow cylinder having an elongated slot extending from the interior to the exterior of the cylinder. The cylinder contains an elongated light source which when electrically energized projects a reference line of light through said slot.

Abstract: A system and method for sizing one's feet for shoes, and for the fitting of shoes. The system includes a computer having a fitting program, which receives foot data from a user, and shoe data for a selected shoe from a shoe information database and compares them, determining a fit indicator for each compared property. The foot and shoe data includes the length, the metatarsal length, the width and the heel width. A useful shoe length is calculated by the program based on the shoe length and several modifiers including the elevation of the heel, the thickness of the collar and the shape and height of the toebox. The program also receives a sock type indicator from the user, indicating a selected sock to be worn with the selected shoe, and accounts for the thickness of the selected sock when determining the fit indicator. The system enables a person to determine a shoe fit, without the need for trying on the selected shoe.

Abstract: A method for enabling a customer to virtually try on a selected garment is disclosed. First, a mathematical model of the customer's body and a garment model for the selected garment are retrieved. The garment model includes a plurality of fit factors. Next, a size of the garment that will best fit the customer is determined by comparing the fit factors of the garment model to the mathematical model of the customer's body.

Abstract: An improved glove sizing system is provided which is defined by a utilization of a two-dimensional dimension of a human hand in a glove size designation (64). The said glove size designation applies to a standard glove size and a plurality of the said standard glove sizes represent a glove system (66) suitable for large-scale production. The said glove size designation (64) facilitates a quantified and logical process for a user to select a proper glove size for best-fit and tactility. Additionally, the glove sizing system correlates to dimensions measured easily with a common ruler or scale.

Abstract: To make available a method for checking a marking element for displacement in relation to a holding structure, in particular a bone, on which this marking element is fixed, said marking element being used for determining position in navigational surgery, and said marking element functioning with the greatest possible precision, it is proposed to choose a point of orientation which is in a unique relationship to the holding structure and to monitor the position of the point of orientation in a reference system of the marking element.

Abstract: The present invention provides templates, methods, and kits for locating a site on a patient's chest suitable for establishing percutaneous intercostal access to the patient's heart. In particular, the present invention provides templates, methods, and kits which effectively and rapidly locate an incision site for intercostal access by sharp and/or blunt dissection for subsequent placement of minimally invasive direct cardiac massagers, chest tubes, defibrillation electrodes, and the like. An incision template according to the present invention comprises a structure placeable on a patient's chest. The structure has at least one marker which can be aligned with at least one anatomical feature of the patient and a target zone which lies over a preselected location for intercostal access when the marker is aligned with the anatomical feature.

Abstract: Described is a calliper for measuring a size of an object and a force applied to the object to measure the size wherein the calliper comprises a scale support (2) comprising a fixed measuring finger (14). A movable mount (1) is slidably attached to the scale support wherein the movable mount comprises a second measuring finger (16) wherein the size is a distance between the fixed measuring finger and the second measuring finger when the fixed measuring finger and the second measuring finger contact the object. A detector (25), attached to the movable mount is capable of determining the distance between the second measuring finger and the fixed measuring finger. A force arm (10) is slidably attached to the movable mount and a sensor (11) attached to both the force arm and the movable mount such that the sensor detects a force applied to the force arm.

Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring human finger manipulation data includes at least one finger motion detector consisting of a force sensor to be fitted on a human fingertip, at least three links and at least four angle detectors; and a base supporting the finger motion detector. The base can be attached to an external mount or a human hand. The force sensor is connected to the base through a link mechanism constituted by the links, and the angle detectors are attached at pivots between the links and optionally at a pivot between the link mechanism and the base. Three-dimensional motion of the finger is determined by measuring data of the angle detectors of the link mechanism, and fingertip contact force is measured by the force sensor. Up to five finger motion detectors, one for the thumb and each finger, can be supported on the base.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a device for acquiring contoured human body surface vibration signals is provided. The device comprises a first component for sensing the displacements of a skin surface as a function of time at multiple points on the human body, with the first component having a plurality of sensing elements, a second component for measuring time average displacements of the skin surface at nominal locations of the sensing elements in the first component; and a third component for correcting for the effect of positional error from a set of nominal displacement sensor locations.

Abstract: A patch prosthesis includes at least one cusp extending from a length of an associated valve wall. An elongated sheet of biocompatible material is attached to the valve wall, such that a portion of the elongated sheet extends beyond an inflow end of the cusp. A measurement system may be employed to measure the size of a patient's native cusp(s), which measurement may be utilized to select a patch prosthesis having an appropriately sized cusp.

Abstract: The present invention is a cap bearing measurement indicia that may be used independently, in conjunction with, or integrated into a fingernail file or other instrument to determine the length of a fingernail. The invention is designed to allow the user to measure the length of the fingernails, and trim the fingernails to desired lengths according to the measurements taken.

Abstract: 1. A device for placing one or more reference lines on the face of a user in such manner as not to mark the face in any manner. The device utilizes a frame adapted to rest on top of the nasal bone and the ears of the user. At least one line drawing attachment is detachably secured to the frame. The attachment includes an elongated hollow cylinder having an elongated slot extending from the interior to the exterior of the cylinder. The cylinder contains an elongated light source which when electrically energized projects a reference line of light through said slot.

Abstract: Device for determining the size of a blind void comprises an elongated rigid rod, an actuator slidably movable relative to the rod, the actuator having a distal end for insertion into the void, a distal flexible element fixed at one end thereof to the rod, a second flexible element fixed at one end thereof to the rod and proximally removed from the distal flexible element. Movement of the actuator is operative to cause equal movements of the distal end portions of the distal and proximal elements, to cause the distal element to bulge outwardly from the rod to engage interior walls of the void and to cause the proximal element to bulge outwardly in a configuration duplicative of the distal element bulge, the proximal element being outside of the void and subject to observation.

Abstract: A measuring device is disclosed which includes a proximal end portion having an actuation member thereon and a distal end portion having an expandable member thereon wherein the actuation member and the expandable member are in mechanical or fluid communication via a lumen which extends therebetween such that actuation of the actuation member causes the radial expansion of the expansion member so that when the measuring device is placed in a puncture with the distal end portion in a blood vessel, the measuring device may be withdrawn until the expandable member contacts the wall of the blood vessel adjacent to the puncture to provide the user with an indication of the distance between and/or depth of the blood vessel beneath the skin of the patient.

Abstract: An alignment tool for fitting a helmet to a wearer's hear and aligning helmet mounted visual display systems to the wearer's eyes in a reproducible manner. The alignment tool includes latch points that are connected to corresponding connection points on the helmet. These connection points are also the connection points for the helmet mounted visual display systems. The alignment tool allows for accurate measurement, alignment and fitting of the helmet to the wearers head based on the special relationship between the connection points and the wearer's eye. Once the helmet is fitted using the alignment tool, the helmet mounted visual display systems are connected to the helmet connection points and the wearer's eyes are substantially aligned for use with the visual display system.

Abstract: A sensing device is attached to a living subject that includes a first sensors for distinguishing lying, sitting, and standing positions. In another embodiment, sensor data is stored in a storage device as a function of time. Multiple points or multiple intervals of the time dependent data are used to direct a feedback mechanism to provide information or instruction in response to the time dependent output indicating too little activity, too much time with a joint not being moved beyond a specified range of motion, too many motions beyond a specified range of motion, or repetitive activity that can cause repetitive stress injury.

Abstract: A finger ring shim is comprised of a member for being wedged between a loose ring and a finger. A groove on the member is arranged for cradling the ring. The groove has a width which is selected to receive a ring of a particular thickness. The member has a shim thickness which is selected to match a gap size between the ring and the finger. A tool for determining the proper groove width and shim thickness is comprised of an elongated and tapered sheet with a scale along an edge, and slots of graduated widths. The sheet is inserted between a finger and a ring until it is snug. The point on the scale under the ring is correlated with a suitable shim thickness, and the smallest slot which the ring can fit into shows the suitable groove width.

Abstract: A device and method for fitting a waistband is provided that is infinitely adjustable. The device permits the fitting of a waistband of an article of clothing to a very precise measurement without necessitating the ultimate wearer of the garment to have to try the article of clothing on.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for measuring and supporting the cervical curve include a tool comprising a plurality of predetermined curves each substantially complementary in shape to a cervical curve, for measuring a person's cervical curve when the tool is positioned adjacent the nape of the person's neck. The tool comprises a predetermined size range of curves for allowing measurement of variously sized cervical curves. An embodiment of the tool includes a plurality of cards having a predetermined curve positioned along the edge of the card, for positioning adjacent the nape of the person's neck to measure the cervical curve. The method includes providing a cervical support pillow having dimensions substantially corresponding to the cervical curve measurement.

Abstract: A tape measuring device for determining bra sizes has dimension and size markings on both the outer and inner surfaces of the tape. The dimension markings divide each surface by standard units and subunits of length—typically inches. The size markings on the outer surface allow the user to determine the proper band size for a bra based on a single measurement, without the need for any additional calculations. The size markings on the inner surface allow the user to determine the proper cup and overall bra size based on the band size determination and a measurement of circumference around the bust, again without the need for any additional calculations.

Abstract: A system that remotely measures displacement between two objects. A passive sensor is affixed between the objects. The internal sensor uses magnetic coupling between two sensor elements to measure their relative displacement. The sensors are either a) a permeable rod and a complimentary coil in parallel with a tuning capacitor; or b) two permeable rods, each having its own surrounding coil and a tuning capacitor. One of the sensor elements is affixed to each object which is to be monitored. When an interrogating device is placed near the sensors, a resonance can be measured whose frequency characteristics change in a reproducible manner with the relative displacement of the sensors. The resulting resonance characteristics can be calibrated in such a way as to enable the displacement of the objects to be determined.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring the size of a body passage is provided. The apparatus comprises a flexible strip having first and second ends. At least one aperture is disposed on the strip between the first and second ends. An indicia of body passage circumference is disposed on the strip in association with the at least one aperture. The body passage may be measured by inserting the strip into a dissected tunnel around the body passage, manipulating the strip such that the strip substantially surrounds the body passage, and observing the indicia on the strip to generally determine the circumference of the body passage.

Abstract: Apparatus for measuring length in a blood vessel includes an inner barrel slideably fitting within an outer barrel. The apparatus also preferably includes a zero ring for initializing a position of the inner barrel relative to the outer barrel, wherein the zero ring is rotatably positioned on the outer barrel. The apparatus further includes a small-diameter clamp extending outwardly from the inner barrel for holding a catherization mechanism for visualizing a blood vessel, wherein the catherization mechanism includes a marker and a scale is positioned on the inner barrel for indicating a displacement of the inner barrel relative to the outer barrel in response to the catherization mechanism marker.

Abstract: A set of human torso manikins for use in fabrication and evaluation of body wear for a group of human beings, the torso manikins being shaped and dimensioned to conform to selected parameters derived from statistical analysis of the group. The manikins include a central human torso manikin of a shape corresponding to a multivariate center of anthropometric distributions of selected members of the group, and a plurality of extreme human torso form manikins each of a shape corresponding to a multivariate extreme suitable for accommodation of 90% of the group. About half of the plurality of extreme human torso form manikins exhibits a dimensional specification substantially less than a corresponding specification of the central human torso manikin and about another half of the plurality of extreme human torso form manikins exhibits a dimensional specification substantially greater than the corresponding specification of the central human torso manikin.

Abstract: The invention is a depth gauge having standard components and improved in that a flexible shaft is mated to the tip. A probe is attached to the shaft. The flexible shaft allows for full angular adjustment for various directional approaches to the hole. The tip of the probe can be formed into a shape that conforms with a mating part through which the hole is measured. The probe is manufactured from a superelastic nickel titanium <<NITINOL>> alloy which has greater flexibility and elasticity than typical spring steels so that it doesn't permanently deform when the flexible shaft is bent. The nickel titanium probe also extends from the tip of the shaft in a direction perpendicular to the tip so it extends straight into the hole being measured even when the guide is off axis. The nickel titanium probe can be attached in several different ways to the depth gauge. For example, a setscrew could be used or a crimp.

Abstract: A device and a method for measuring distances between two points is described. In particular, the device and method may be used in a surgical setting. In one embodiment, the device comprises an extension for extending into the body through an incision, the extension having a distal tip for insertion into the body and a proximal handle for remaining outside the body; a first measuring end and a second measuring end at the distal tip, the first and second measuring ends at a predetermined angle from each other and defining a distance between the first and second measuring ends, the first measuring end being movable relative to the distal tip, the first and second measuring ends being rounded; and an actuator at the proximal handle for moving the first measuring end relative to the distal tip.

Abstract: A guide for assisting a health care practitioner in evaluating radiographic images of spines is based on a flexible transparent sheet bearing images thereon which each include an edge representing the periphery of a vertebra and a line inscribed thereon laterally displaced from the edge by a measured distance which represents the maximum thickness of soft tissue allowed in the absence of a cervical spinal injury for each corresponding cervical vertebra. A process for evaluating a radiographic image of a spine involves placing the guide over a lateral radiographic image of a subject spine that is to be evaluated with the edge representing the periphery of a selected vertebra placed in alignment with the radiographic image of the corresponding selected cervical vertebra. The amount of soft tissue appearing in radiographic image is observed in relation to the line and thereby determining whether the amount of soft tissue present exceeds a soft tissue allowance for the specific vertebra.

Abstract: A strip of material with at least one start marker and a plurality of rows of object markers designating body parts to be sized, directional markers designating orientation of the strip, size markers and size indicia. The size markers demarcate subranges of body part measurements and are arranged relative to the start marker. Size indicia are arranged between the size markers and designate and are correlated to garment sizes. Stretch characteristics of the garment being sized are accounted for by the use of adjusted size marker positions, a stretch material, or a compression/elasticity correlation graph. A method of sizing compression garments includes the steps of wrapping the measuring article generally around a body part, overlapping the measuring article with itself, reading the garment size indicia from the measuring article, and entering the garment size indicia in a garment order system.

Abstract: A stretch bodysuit is provided which allows precise measurements of the proportions of the portion of the body enclosed by the bodysuit. Specific benchmarks and lines are positioned at key locations on the bodysuit. These benchmarks and lines may be aligned with or positioned to coincide with critical measuring points such as joints or other bodily features. The benchmarks act as a guide for using a tape measure. Alternatively, the bodysuit and the lines and benchmarks thereon may be produced in such a fashion as to facilitate optical scanning of the suit. Once the dimensions have been recorded, a computer program uses the dimensions to generate a pattern for the desired garment.

Abstract: A surgical measuring instrument includes a caliper having pin apertures formed therein for mounting on surgical pins in a first skeletal member. An adaptor includes pin apertures on a first portion for mounting on the surgical pins when the caliper is removed, and includes adaptor pins extending from a second portion for engagement with the caliper. A rod is connected to the caliper for indicating alignment and flexibility of a second skeletal member relative to the first skeletal member.

Abstract: A sizer measures a valve annulus to determine a size of an artificial heart valve to be sewn in the valve annulus during heart-valve replacement surgery. The sizer includes a support member and a resilient member. The support member has a size corresponding to the size of one of a plurality of artificial heart valves. The resilient member is disposed about the support member and has a resiliency substantially equal to the resiliency of a sewing ring of the artificial heart valve. Accordingly, when a surgeon inserts the sizer into a valve annulus, the resilient member conforms to the shape of the valve annulus much like the sewing ring will conform when positioned in the annulus and sewn in place. The surgeon is therefore able to determine more accurately the size of the annulus and, thereafter, to select a properly sized artificial valve.

Abstract: A sizer for assessing the geometry of a heart valve annulus including a handle portion for holding the sizer and a sizing portion. The sizing portion is preferably in the shape of an arch having an apex and two legs, each of which has a base adjoining the handle portion. The legs of the arched sizing portion are separated from each other by a predetermined distance that corresponds to the expected separation of commissures of a normal heart valve annulus. The height of the arch (measured from the base of each leg to the apex) corresponds to a predetermined leaflet height that approximates the expected height of a leaflet of a normal heart valve. For aortic valve reconstruction, the instrument is inserted into the opened aortic root following removal of the native valve tissue and is used to assess the distance between the commissures, the leaflet height, and the symmetry of the commissures of the exposed valve annulus.

Abstract: Disclosed is an anthropometric frame system comprising a base, a foot frame device for selectively measuring or placing feet of a subject in a preferred or selected stance orientation on the base and an orthogonal frame device for measuring the spacial relationships of various bony points on the subject's body. The orthogonal frame device comprises means mounted to the base for horizontally supporting a crossbar in selected vertical positions, the crossbar having means for supporting a first measurement device for lateral measurements. The crossbar also includes means for supporting a second measurement device for vertical measurements and the means for supporting the second measurement device also supporting a third measurement device for front to back measurements whereby orthogonal spacial relationship between bony points on a subject's body can be measured.