A procedure called the Allen test may be done to ensure that blood flow to your hand is normal.

His name is lent to the eponymous Allen test, which is a procedure to determine blood supply to the hand.

In medicine, Allen's test, also Allen test, 1) The hand is elevated and the patient/person is asked to make a fist for about 30 seconds.

ALLEN GROUP INC., Melville, L.I., signed a definitive agreement to sell its Allen Test products division and its wholly owned leasing subsidiary, Allen Group Leasing, to SPX Corp of Muskegon, Mich.