Calibration and measurement system

A method for calibrating and measuring a size characteristic of an object, comprising:

• providing a calibration device having a closed or linear device configuration, the device having an actual size corresponding to one predetermined size characteristic value, said device having a visual indicator representing said predetermined size characteristic value according to a predetermined visual indicator code scheme representative of a plurality of different size characteristic values, wherein said device actual size is a length or area characteristic, and wherein the device visual indicator is a color indicating said size characteristic value, and said code scheme includes a plurality of different colors each identifying a particular size characteristic;
• arranging said device around or alongside the object;
• and
• recording a color image of the device and the object, and wherein the image reflects said color and thereby indicates said size characteristic in relation to the object, wherein recording said image comprises:
• recording the color image with a camera;
• and
• producing a photograph or electronic image for future use.

A calibration and measurement system for visual indication of a size characteristic of an object or a wound on a patient, the system comprising:

• a set of closed or linear measurement devices each device indicative of a size characteristic associated with the device and configured for application to the object or patient;
• each device of said set being visually distinct from each other device, wherein the devices are colored, and each device is a different color from each other device;
• each device having a length or area characteristic which is different from a length or area characteristic of each other device of said set, wherein each different color represents an associated size or length characteristic according to a predetermined color code scheme representative of a plurality of different size or length characteristic values;
• wherein each device of said set is removably mounted to one sheet and removable relative to other devices of said set, and said set is so configured as to allow selective removal of an individual device from the sheet for application to the object or patient without removing the remaining devices of said set from the sheet.