Disposable wound measuring device

A disposable wound measuring device for the simultaneous three-dimensional measurement and assessment of the length, width and depth of a wound, comprising:

• a flexible clear plastic card for placement upon the site of the wound;
• the flexible clear plastic card having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface that contacts the site of the wound and covers the wound;
• the flexible clear plastic card further including an aperture centrally located thereon;
• a plurality of wound measurement circles formed on the upper surface that are concentric to the aperture and radially extending outwardly from the aperture;
• the concentric circles being radially spaced from each other in predetermined metrical increments thereby facilitating the measurements of the length and width of the wound;
• an elongated depth gauge for insertion through the centrally located aperture so that the depth gauge is disposed at an orientation that is perpendicular to the flexible clear plastic card;
• the depth gauge further including a plurality of beads adjoined in axial alignment with each other and capable of incremental and sequential passage through the aperture for advancing and retracting the depth gauge so that a deepest point of the wound can be determined;
• and,
• whereupon placement of the flexible plastic card upon the site of the wound and over the wound aligns the depth gauge with the wound so that the incremental and sequential movement of the beads through the aperture can be undertaken for finding the deepest point of the wound simultaneous with the wound measurement circles providing for the measurement of the length and width of the wound whereby the flexible plastic card can then be lifted off the wound with the depth gauge being self-retained in position to the flexible plastic card by the frictional engagement of one of the plurality of beads with the aperture for wound assessment followed by the disposal of the flexible plastic card and the depth gauge.

A disposable wound measuring device for the simultaneous three-dimensional measurement of the length, width and depth of a wound, comprising:

• a flexible clear plastic member having an upper surface, an opposite lower surface for placement on the wound, an aperture centrally located thereon, and a plurality of wound measurement circles formed on the upper surface that are concentric to the aperture and radially extend from the aperture;
• a depth gauge including a plurality of beads adjoined to each other in axial alignment thereof with the depth gauge received by the aperture whereby the depth gauge is supported in a vertical orientation with respect to the flexible clear plastic member so that the beads can incrementally and sequentially move through the aperture for advancing and retracting the depth gauge for measuring the depth of the wound;
• and,
• whereupon disposition of the flexible clear plastic member on the site of the wound so that the wound measurement circles overlay the wound in conjunction with the incremental movement of the depth gauge through the aperture for determining the depth of the wound allows for the simultaneous three-dimensional measurement of the length, width and depth of the wound and the flexible clear plastic member can be lifted off the site of the wound with the depth gauge retained in position relative to the flexible clear plastic member by the frictional engagement of one of the plurality of beads with the aperture of the flexible clear plastic member.

A disposable wound measuring device for the simultaneous three-dimensional measurement and assessment of the length, width and depth of a wound, comprising:

• a flexible clear plastic card for placement upon the site of the wound;
• the flexible clear plastic card having an upper surface and an opposite lower surface that is brought into contact with the site of the wound for covering the wound;
• the flexible clear plastic card having an aperture centrally located thereon;
• the upper surface including numerically graduated indicia radially extending from the aperture for determining the extent of the wound;
• an elongated depth gauge for insertion through the centrally located aperture so that the depth gauge can be disposed at an orientation that is perpendicular to the flexible plastic card;
• the depth gauge further including a plurality of beads axially aligned and adjoined to each other and capable of incremental and sequential passage through the aperture for advancing and retracting the depth gauge so that a deepest point of the wound can be determined;
• and
• whereupon placement of the flexible plastic card over the site of the wound and over the wound for aligning the depth gauge with the wound so that the incremental and sequential movement of the beads through the aperture can be undertaken for finding the deepest point of the wound along a y-axis simultaneous with the numerically graduated indicia providing for the measurement of the wound along an x-axis and a z-axis whereby the flexible plastic card can be lifted up off the wound site with the depth gauge being self-retained in position with respect to the flexible plastic card through the frictional engagement of at least one of the plurality of beads with the aperture so that wound assessment can be obtained followed by the disposal of the flexible plastic card and the depth gauge retained and extending therethrough.