Patent ID: 8512259
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A hand held instrument for testing of cutaneous sensory perception comprising: a body having a forward end, a rearward end, a cavity, and an elongate channel extending in a rearward direction from the cavity; a guard member in cooperative engagement with said body to cover said elongate channel in a first position and to uncover said elongate channel in a second position; a head member having a forward end and a rearward end, said head member being rotatably affixed to the forward end of said body for rotational positioning of said head member alternatively between a testing position and a non-testing position; and a testing element affixed to and projecting from said head member wherein said head member and the forward end of said body are cooperatively engaged for positioning said head member with its projecting testing element in said testing position whereby said testing element extends downwardly from said body at an angle therefrom and for alternatively positioning said rearward end of said head member in said cavity and its projecting testing element in said non-testing position with said testing element extending in a protected position within said elongate channel.