Skin allergic test assembly

Claim 2

In a skin puncture test bar comprising a finger grip, an elongated stem extending therefrom, and a plurality of punctures provided at an end of said elongate stem, the improvement of said skin allergic test bar comprising: the end of said elongate stem being formed with a concave surface on which said plurality of punctures are provided, said plurality of punctures extending directly from said concave surface substantially parallel to said elongated stem to project out of the outer edge of said concave surface at a predetermined length less than the thickness of the human epidermis layer so that the penetration made by said skin puncture test bar will have a limited penetration depth due to an outer edge of said concave surface which acts as a stop, therefore said punctures will make a limited penetration to avoid the penetration through of the epidermis layer of the skin of a patient and provide an adequate amount of antigen solution to a test site of the patient.

Claim 3

The skin puncture test bar of claim 1 wherein the improvement further comprising: a cover furnished between said finger grip and said elongated stem so as to prevent an antigen-containing cup from being contaminated when said skin puncture test bar is mated with said antigen-containing cup.

Claim 4

A multiple-test-bar access device for holding multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously, said device comprising: a main frame; a first clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edges thereof; a second clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof, said second plate adapted to mate with said first clamping plate and adapted to assemble into said main frame together with said first clamping plate; an outer panel placed to abut both of said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate and having two parallel rows of holes formed thereon, each hole corresponding to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plates and each hole furnished with an arcuate ridge at its outer edge for cooperating each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly; and means for providing an elastic force to said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate respectively for gripping multiple skin puncture test bars between said semicircular-shaped cuts and said arcuate ridges.

Claim 5

A multiple-test-bar access device for holding multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously, said device comprising: a main frame; a first clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edges thereof; a second clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof, said second plate adapted to mate with said first clamping plate and adapted to assemble into said main frame together with said first clamping plate; an outer panel placed to abut both of said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate and having two parallel rows of holes formed thereon, each hole corresponding to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plates and each hole furnished with an arcuate ridge at its outer edge for cooperating each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly; and means for providing an elastic force to said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate respectively for gripping multiple skin puncture test bars between said semicircular-shaped cuts and said arcuate ridges.

Claim 6

The multiple-test-bar access device of claim 3 wherein said main frame having two wave-like sides and two parallel rows of frame holes, said outer panel having two wave-like edges corresponding to said wave-like sides to be adaptable to said main frame.

Claim 7

The multiple-test-bar access device of claim 3 wherein a plurality of projections of resilient material attached to said outer panel around the circumference of each said hole thereof.

Claim 8

A multiple-test-bar access device for holding multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously, said device comprising: a main frame having a handle for being held by a user's fingers, a slot, and a bottom opening; a first clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof and furnished with a box at the other longitudinal edge thereof for housing a spring means therein, the height of said box being greater than the depth of said slot of said main frame; a second clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof and furnished with a mating box at the other longitudinal edge thereof for mating with said box, the height of said mating box being greater than the depth of said slot of said main frame, said box and said mating box being assembled together to form an elastic and relatively-movable integral enclosure in which said spring is housed, said enclosure being assembled into said slot of said main frame and extending out of said slot to form a switch portion thereabove, so that said spring means can exert an exert force on each inner surface of said box and said mating box to have said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate capable of providing an outward force, and said box and said mating box can be moved toward each other as pressing said enclosure; and an outer panel formed with two parallel rows of holes thereon, each hole corresponding to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plates and each hole furnished with an arcuate ridge at its outer edge for cooperating with each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly, said outer panel placed to cover said bottom opening of said main frame and abut both of said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate where each said hole of said outer panel is located to correspond to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plate so that each said arcuate ridge furnished at its hole will cooperate with each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly to form multiple gripping holes therebetween, each gripping hole being coaxial with its corresponding hole of said outer panel, the diameter of each said gripping hole being somewhat smaller than that of a skin puncture test bar in normal state; when pressing said switch portion, said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate will move toward each other, thereby making all the gripping holes get larger simultaneously so as to accommodate said multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously; when releasing the pressing force, said spring means will cause said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate to enable said multiple skin puncture test bars by means of said arcuate ridges and said semicircular-circular shaped cuts so as to take said multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously.

Claim 9

A multiple-test-bar access device for holding multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously, said device comprising: a main frame having a handle for being held by a user's fingers, a slot, and a bottom opening; a first clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof and furnished with a box at the other longitudinal edge thereof for housing a spring means therein, the height of said box being greater than the depth of said slot of said main frame; a second clamping plate formed with a plurality of semicircular-shaped cuts along a longitudinal edge thereof and furnished with a mating box at the other longitudinal edge thereof for mating with said box, the height of said mating box being greater than the depth of said slot of said main frame, said box and said mating box being assembled together to form an elastic and relatively-movable integral enclosure in which said spring is housed, said enclosure being assembled into said slot of said main frame and extending out of said slot to form a switch portion thereabove, so that said spring means can exert an exert force on each inner surface of said box and said mating box to have said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate capable of providing an outward force, and said box and said mating box can be moved toward each other as pressing said enclosure; and an outer panel formed with two parallel rows of holes thereon, each hole corresponding to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plates and each hole furnished with an arcuate ridge at its outer edge for cooperating with each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly, said outer panel placed to cover said bottom opening of said main frame and abut both of said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate where each said hole of said outer panel is located to correspond to each said semicircular-shaped cut of said first and second clamping plate so that each said arcuate ridge furnished at its hole will cooperate with each said semicircular-shaped cut correspondingly to form multiple gripping holes therebetween, each gripping hole being coaxial with its corresponding hole of said outer panel, the diameter of each said gripping hole being somewhat smaller than that of a skin puncture test bar in normal state; when pressing said switch portion, said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate will move toward each other, thereby making all the gripping holes get larger simultaneously so as to accommodate said multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously; when releasing the pressing force, said spring means will cause said first clamping plate and said second clamping plate to enable said multiple skin puncture test bars by means of said arcuate ridges and said semicircular-circular shaped cuts so as to take said multiple skin puncture test bars simultaneously.