An Improved Device or Appliance for Supporting Varicose Veins.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device or Appliance for Supporting Varicose Veins.
A communication by WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL, of 21, Reinsburgstrasse,
Stuttgart, in the Empire of Germany, Surgical Instrument Maker.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester,
both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object a device or appliance serving to prevent
enlargements of arteries or veins or to render the same without injurious effect, so
that an accumulation of blood at such points is avoided. For this purpose a special
appliance is required as it is necessary to create a pressure which is strong enough
to restrain enlargements of veins, yet by means of which the circulation of the
blood within the parts of the veins in question may not be impeded.
The device which is employed for this object is arranged as follows-
An adjustable indiarubber pad is arranged on a parabolic spring, that is to say,
a spring curved in the shape of a parabola and such spring is arranged to encircle
the limb or other part of the body to be treated and is provided with a covering
which ceases at the ends where a fastening band is attached. The said pad is filled
with air or liquid and serves to rest against the enlarged part of the vein. A
parabolical spring is intentionally selected because, while its spring action is turned
away from the body, it acts in such a way after the fastening strap has been
buckled up, that the pad is pressed in a suitable manner on the part of the varicose
vein in question. The spring is covered with a suitable material in order to protect
it from oxidation.
Dated this 20th day of December 1893.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device or Appliance for Supporting Varicose Veins.
A communication by WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL, of 21, Reinsburgstrasse,
Stuttgart, in the Empire of Germany, Surgical Instrument Maker.
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I, WILLIAN PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object a device or appliance serving to prevent
enlargements of arteries or veins or to render the same without injurious effect, so
that an accumulation of blood at such points is avoided. For this purpose, a
special appliance is required, as it is necessary to create a pressure which is strong
enough to restrain enlargements of veins, yet by means of which the circulation of
the blood within the parts of the veins in question may not be impeded.

page_text: The device which is employed for this object is shown in the accompanying
drawings:
Figures 1 and 2 being plan views ;
Figure 3, a longitudinal section on the line m m of Figure 4 ;
Figure 4, a cross section on the line o o of Figure 2;
Figure 5, a view of the device when fastened;
Figure 6, a view of the appliance fitted on a human leg.
It is arranged as follows:-
An adjustable indiarubber pad C is arranged on a parabolic spring A, that is to
say, a spring curved in the shape of a parabola, and such spring is arranged to
encircle the limb or other part of the body to be treated and is provided with a
covering which ceases at the ends where a fastening band B is attached. The said
pad C is filled with air or liquid and serves to rest against the enlarged part of the
vein. A parabolical spring is intentionally selected, because, while its spring
action is turned away from the body, it acts in such a way, after the fastening
strap has been buckled up, that the pad C is pressed in a suitable manner on the
part of the varicose vein in question. The spring A is covered with a suitable
material in order to protect it from oxidation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
An improved device or appliance for supporting varicose veins, consisting of a
parabolic spring (A) on which a pad (C), filled with air or suitable liquid, is
adjustably arranged, which pad, when laid on the affected part, is pressed thereon
by means of the spring, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of September 1894.