Medical testing apparatus and method of use
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1. A medical testing apparatus for penetrating a patient'"'"'s tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprising:
- an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces;
an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from said upper surface of said arcuate rail; and
a plurality of tips extending substantially from and normally away from the lower arcuate surface, the plurality of tips comprising alternating blunt tips and reed tips, wherein a selectively removable and replaceable strip supports said plurality of reed tips, said selectively removable and replaceable strip removably coupled to said lower arcuate surface by an adhesive, said plurality of tips being supported by the surface of said removable strip.
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Abstract
A medical testing apparatus and method of use for for penetrating a patient'"'"'s tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprises an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces and an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from the upper surface of the arcuate rail. A plurality of tips extend substantially from and normally outward as the lower arcuate surface. The plurality of tips comprises alternating blunt tips and reed tips.
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1. A medical testing apparatus for penetrating a patient'"'"'s tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprising:
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an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces; an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from said upper surface of said arcuate rail; and a plurality of tips extending substantially from and normally away from the lower arcuate surface, the plurality of tips comprising alternating blunt tips and reed tips, wherein a selectively removable and replaceable strip supports said plurality of reed tips, said selectively removable and replaceable strip removably coupled to said lower arcuate surface by an adhesive, said plurality of tips being supported by the surface of said removable strip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of performing a medical testing procedure on a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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grasping either an arcuate rail of a medical testing apparatus having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces or an arcuate handle of the medical testing apparatus, the arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from said upper arcuate surface of said arcuate rail; coupling a selectively removable and replaceable strip to the lower arcuate surface via an adhesive, a plurality of tips being supported by the surface of said removable strip; and contacting a patient'"'"'s tissue beginning with a first tip of the plurality of tips, one or more additional tips of the plurality of tips and ending contact with a last tip, wherein the plurality of tips extend substantially from and normally away from the lower arcuate surface, wherein said plurality of tips extend from a first end to a second end of the lower arcuate surface, the first end opposite the second end along an arced surface of the lower arcuate surface, the first tip at the first end and the last tip at the second end, wherein said first and last tips are blunt tips, providing neural pain gating to the patient during use, the first tip and the last tip extend a first radial distance from the arcuate surface and the reed tips extend a second radial distance from the arcuate surface, the first radial distance being at least one of less than and equal to the second radial distance. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A medical kit used for contacting a patient'"'"'s tissue with a fluid, the medical kit comprising;
a medical testing apparatus having; an arcuate rail comprising spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces; an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from said upper surface of said arcuate rail; and a plurality of blunt and reed tips coupled to a selectively removable and replaceable strip, said selectively removable and replaceable strip removably coupled to said lower arcuate surface by an adhesive, said selectively removable and replaceable strip being supported by the surface of said removable strip the plurality of blunt and reed tips extending substantially from and normally away from the lower arcuate surface in a spaced relationship; a base having a cradle for supporting at least one medical testing apparatus, the cradle further comprising a well having a plurality of recesses for storing and supplying fluid to at least one of said blunt tips and said reed tips for contacting a patient'"'"'s skin during use. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A medical testing apparatus for releasing a fluid to a patient'"'"'s tissue, the apparatus comprising:
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an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces; an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from said upper surface of said arcuate rail; and a plurality of tips comprising a combination of reed and blunt tips, the tips extending substantially from and normally away from the lower arcuate surface, the plurality of tips being in a spaced relationship about said lower arcuate surface wherein said plurality of tips extend from a first end to a second end of the lower arcuate surface, the first end opposite the second end along an arced surface of the lower arcuate surface, the plurality of tips further comprises a first tip at the first end and a last tip at the second end, wherein said first and last tips are blunt tips, providing neural pain gating to the patient during use, wherein the first tip and the last tip extend a first radial distance from the arcuate surface and the reed tips extend a second radial distance from the arcuate surface, the first radial distance being at least one of less than and equal to the second radial distance; and a selectively removable and replaceable strip, said selectively removable and replaceable strip removably coupled to said lower arcuate surface by an adhesive, said plurality of tips being supported by the surface of said removable strip. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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