Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle, including a tubular guide to receive and guide an acupuncture needle, said tubular guide having both ends open, and a yieldably resilient restraint carried by said tubular guide, and having a section extending substantially transversely across an open end thereof to form an opening between the interior surface of the guide and the section, said section being adapted to yieldably engage a needle against the interior surface of said guide to frictionally resist undesired movement of such needle longitudinally of said tubular guide.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
90 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle, including a tubular guide to receive and guide an acupuncture needle, said tubular guide having both ends open, and a yieldably resilient restraint carried by said tubular guide, and having a section extending substantially transversely across an open end thereof to form an opening between the interior surface of the guide and the section, said section being adapted to yieldably engage a needle against the interior surface of said guide to frictionally resist undesired movement of such needle longitudinally of said tubular guide.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle as set forth in claim 1, said restraint having a portion elongated downwardly and exteriorly of said tubular needle guide, and being rigidly secured thereto.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle, as set forth in claim 2, said restraint including a coil spring rigidly received and secured upon an end portion of said tubular guide, said coil spring having an end portion thereof bent to extend across the end of said tubular guide to form said section, and said end portion being so disposed across said end of said guide as to yieldably engage a needle in said guide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
114 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle, including a tubular guide to receive and guide an acupuncture needle, said tubular guide having both ends open, a yieldably resilient restraint carried by said tubular guide, and extending across an open end thereof, to yieldably engage a needle in said guide and frictionally resist undesired movement of such needle longitudinally of said tubular guide, and an elongated handle adapted to carry said tubular guide, said tubular guide having sliding travel in said handle for adjustment to desired positions relative to said handle, and a first hole extending through said handle transversely of its longitudinal axis, and said tubular guide being slidably received in said first hole.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
A guide assembly for an acupuncture needle, including a tubular guide to receive and guide an acupuncture needle, said tubular guide having both ends open, a yieldably resilient restraint carried by said tubular guide, and extending across an open end thereof, to yieldably engage a needle in said guide and frictionally resist undesired movement of such needle longitudinally of said tubular guide, and an elongated handle adapted to carry said tubular guide, said tubular guide having sliding travel in said handle for adjustment to desired positions relative to said handle, and a first hole extending through said handle transversely of its longitudinal axis, and said tubular guide being slidably received in said first hole.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The combination as set forth in claim 4, said handle further having a second hole elongated longitudinally thereof, and said second hole intersecting said first hole, a first means disposed within said second hole to react against said tubular guide to yieldably resist undesired adjustable travel of said guide.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination as set forth in claim 5, a second means carried by said handle and adapted thereof for releasable engagement, with said tubular guide to restrain said guide from travel.