Allergy testing apparatus and method
AssigneeHenry Fishman
InventorsHenry Fishman, Robert Olshaker, Gary Johnson
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Abstract
An allergy testing system, for testing a patient for a plurality of allergies at substantially the same time, comprises a housing containing a plurality of packages or capsules containing an allergen and a needle, the needles being spaced apart from each other. The needles preferably carry the respective allergens on their tips. The housing is placed against the skin of a patient and an actuator is operated to engage the packages to move the needles to pierce or prick the skin of the patient, thereby applying the respective allergens to the pierced or pricked skin of the patient.
Claims6
An allergy testing apparatus and an allergen source strip for use in said allergy testing apparatus, said allergy testing apparatus including means for removably receiving an allergen source testing strip, said allergen source testing strip comprising:
- a carrier member having a predetermined plurality of allergen sources thereon at spaced apart positions;
- means for sealingly enclosing said allergen sources in said carrier member;
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- orientation means cooperatively coupling with a corresponding orientation means in said allergy testing apparatus for permitting receiving of said allergen source testing strip in said allergy testing apparatus in only a single given orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.