Device for abrading and applying biologicals to the skin of a patient

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR USE IN SIMULTANEOUSLY ABRADING AND APPLYING BIOLOGICALS TO A PLURALITY OF CUTANEOUS SITES AT A SPECIFIC BODY SURFACE AREA SUCH AS THE BACK OF A PATIENT, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A MULIT-WELL STRUCTURE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR UPPER SURFACE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECESSES FORMED IN SAID UPPER SURFACE TO THEREBY DEFINE A PLURALITY OF WELLS, SAID WELLS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN DIFFERENT LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES THEREIN, A MULTI-MEMBER ABRADING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE BODY MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT LOWER SURFACE POSITIONED UPON AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, SAID BODY MEMBER BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, AND BEING CAPABLE OF FLEXING MOVEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTOURS OF A BODY AREA OF A PATIENT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART SIMILAR SKIN ABRADING MEMBERS AFFIXED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND PROJECTING THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID SKIN ABRADING MEMBERS INCLUDING A POSITIONING ELEMENT CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID WELLS AND BEING SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN SIZE THAN THE CROSS SECTIONAL SIZE OF SAID WELLS, EACH POSITIONING ELEMENT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO ONE OF SAID WELLS AND SPACED INWARDLY OF THE SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED WELL, EACH SKIN ABRADING MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE ABRADING POINTS AFFIXED TO AND DEPENDING FROM THE ASSOCIATED POSITIONING ELEMENT AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO ONE OF THE WELLS FOR IMMERSION IN THE SPECIFIC LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE THEREIN WHEN SAID WELLS CONTAIN SUCH LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES, WHEREBY WHEN SAID MULTI-MEMBER ABRADING STRUCTURE IS REMOVED FROM SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, AND PRESSED AND MANIPULATED AGAINST THE SPECIFIC BODY SURFACE AREA SUCH AS THE BACK OF A PATIENT, A PLURALITY OF SCRATCHES WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCED AND THE LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CARRIED BY THE ABRADING MEMBER WILL BE SMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED TO THE CUTANCEOUS SITES.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR USE IN SIMULTANEOUSLY ABRADING AND APPLYING BIOLOGICALS TO A PLURALITY OF CUTANEOUS SITES AT A SPECIFIC BODY SURFACE AREA SUCH AS THE BACK OF A PATIENT, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A MULIT-WELL STRUCTURE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR UPPER SURFACE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECESSES FORMED IN SAID UPPER SURFACE TO THEREBY DEFINE A PLURALITY OF WELLS, SAID WELLS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN DIFFERENT LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES THEREIN, A MULTI-MEMBER ABRADING STRUCTURE COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE BODY MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT LOWER SURFACE POSITIONED UPON AND SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, SAID BODY MEMBER BEING REMOVABLE FROM SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, AND BEING CAPABLE OF FLEXING MOVEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTOURS OF A BODY AREA OF A PATIENT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED-APART SIMILAR SKIN ABRADING MEMBERS AFFIXED TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND PROJECTING THEREFROM, EACH OF SAID SKIN ABRADING MEMBERS INCLUDING A POSITIONING ELEMENT CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID WELLS AND BEING SLIGHTLY SMALLER IN SIZE THAN THE CROSS SECTIONAL SIZE OF SAID WELLS, EACH POSITIONING ELEMENT EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO ONE OF SAID WELLS AND SPACED INWARDLY OF THE SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED WELL, EACH SKIN ABRADING MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE ABRADING POINTS AFFIXED TO AND DEPENDING FROM THE ASSOCIATED POSITIONING ELEMENT AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO ONE OF THE WELLS FOR IMMERSION IN THE SPECIFIC LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE THEREIN WHEN SAID WELLS CONTAIN SUCH LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES, WHEREBY WHEN SAID MULTI-MEMBER ABRADING STRUCTURE IS REMOVED FROM SAID MULTI-WELL STRUCTURE, AND PRESSED AND MANIPULATED AGAINST THE SPECIFIC BODY SURFACE AREA SUCH AS THE BACK OF A PATIENT, A PLURALITY OF SCRATCHES WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCED AND THE LIQUID BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE CARRIED BY THE ABRADING MEMBER WILL BE SMULTANEOUSLY APPLIED TO THE CUTANCEOUS SITES.