Patent ID: 6322520
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Handheld apparatus for simultaneous puncturing of human skin at a plurality of different points for testing the hypersensitivity to the same plurality of different biological extracts, comprising:a base plate with first and second sidewalls integrally related thereto, said sidewalls being parallel to each other and extending from a common surface of the base plate;first and second pressure plates located between the said sidewalls and movable with respect to each other; a certain number of identical needlelike means less than the given plurality located between the first sidewall and the first pressure plate and the remainder of the given plurality of needlelike means located between the second sidewall and second pressure plate; andmeans for simultaneously moving the first pressure plate toward the first sidewall and the second pressure plate toward the second sidewall to grip the needlelike means therebetween.