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US 12,036,031 B2Granted
Medical testing apparatus and method of use
AssigneeThe Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Ohio State Innovation Foundation
InventorsAmber M. Patterson, Benjamin A. Patterson, Jay A. Shepherd, Meagan W. Shepherd
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Abstract
A medical testing apparatus and method of use 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.
Claims20
A medical testing apparatus for penetrating a patient's tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprising:
- an arcuate surface of a testing apparatus;
- a replaceable strip having an adhesive surface and an interactive surface, the adhesive surface opposite the interactive surface, the adhesive surface being attached to the arcuate surface of the testing apparatus during use;
- a plurality of tips supported by the interactive surface, the plurality of tips extending substantially from and normally away from the interactive surface, the plurality of tips comprising alternating blunt tips and reed tips, wherein said plurality of reed tips carry an agent during use, wherein said plurality of tips further comprises a first tip at a first end of the replaceable strip wherein said first tip is a blunt tip, providing neural pain gating to the patient during use, wherein the reed tips and blunt tips are spaced at a tip angle relative to an arcuate center of the medical testing apparatus, wherein the tip angle spaces the tips such that during use at least one, but no more than three tips contact the patient's skin at a time, further wherein the first tip provides neural pain gating to the patient during use, the first tip extending a first radial distance from the arcuate rail and the reed tips extend a second radial distance from the arcuate rail, the first radial distance being equal to the second radial distance.
A method of using a medical testing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- aligning an arcuate rail having first and second ends with an adhesive surface of a strip, the strip having a first strip end and a second strip end, the first strip end opposite the second strip end;
- adhesively attaching the strip to the arcuate rail, the strip comprising an interactive surface opposite the adhesive surface, the interactive surface supporting a plurality of tips, the plurality of tips extending substantially from and normally away from the interactive surface, the plurality of tips comprising blunt tips and reed tips, wherein said plurality of reed tips carry a testing agent;
- contacting a patient's tissue beginning with 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 said plurality of tips extend from the first strip end to the second strip end of the strip, the first tip at the first strip end and the last tip at the second strip 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 rail and the reed tips extend a second radial distance from the arcuate rail, the first radial distance being equal to the second radial distance.
A medical testing apparatus for penetrating a patient's tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprising:
- an arcuate surface of a testing apparatus;
- a replaceable strip formed by a substrate having a first end and a second end, the first end opposite the second end, the replaceable strip further comprising an adhesive surface along a first side of the substrate extending from the first end to the second end, the adhesive surface comprising an adhesive;
- the replaceable strip yet further comprising an interactive surface along a second side of the substrate extending from the first end to the second end of the replaceable strip, the adhesive surface on said first side being space and opposite the interactive surface on said second side, the adhesive surface is attached to the arcuate surface of the testing apparatus during use;
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- a plurality of tips projecting from and integrally formed with said substrate, along the first side of the interactive surface from the first end to the second end of the replaceable strip, the plurality of tips extending substantially from and normally away from the interactive surface, along said first side;
- the plurality of tips comprising alternating blunt tips and reed tips, wherein said plurality of reed tips are constructed to support and transfer an agent during use;
- said plurality of tips further comprise a first tip, a second tip, a penultimate tip, and a last tip, wherein said first and last tips are blunt tips, providing neural pain gating to the patient during use and said second and penultimate tips are reed tips that penetrates a patient's tissue with an agent during use, further wherein, the blunt tips are a same length as the reed tips.
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