Patent ID: 7621749

Claim:
A kit for practicing needle insertion techniques, comprising: needle receiving object being in the form of a deformable pad having a substantially box shape and a pierceable housing confining a needle receiving substance and adapted to simulate a plurality of body locations; the housing being composed of pliable imperforate material adapted to be puckered manually; a plurality of aids, each aid adapted for being disposed on at least a portion of the object to help visualize an anatomical landmark; each aid being a flat, pliable template each having different anatomical landmark indicia and needle insertion site indicia, the needle insertion site indicia being disposed within the confines of the landmark indicia; the anatomical landmark indicia being configured in the shape of a portion of a human body; the needle insertion site indicia at least partially defining an opening for permitting access to the object and serves as a guide for needle insertion; the pad including means for limiting the lateral movement of the aid resting on the top surface of the housing; and wherein the template and the underlying housing can be squeezed manually to pucker the housing within the needle insertion site indicia opening to simulate the actual manipulation of human tissue and muscle during needle insertion.