An Improved Surgical Instrument.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Surgical Instrument.
I ALONZO COOPER KELLOGG, of Portage in the County of Columbia and
State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Physician and Surgeon do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved surgical instrument
more especially designed for conveniently and quickly placing an elastic band
on the umbilical cord of the new-born child to prevent hemorrhage or other
diseases.
The invention consists of a series of pivoted prongs adapted to close at their
free ends to receive an elastic band, and a button connected with the said prongs to
open and close the same simultaneously.
The series of prongs are preferably four in number and curved, the said
prongs being hung on pivots supported on the under side of a ring and arranged
equi-distant apart. The ring forms part of the outer end of the member of a
pair of tongs, the other member carrying at its outer end a button engaging the
arms projecting inwardly and radially from the pivot ends of the prongs. The
button is pivotally connected with the outer end of the member so that when the
spring pressed handles of the tongs are pressed, the button is moved downward,
thus pressing the arms in a like direction and thereby causing the prongs
to swing outward. As soon as the pressure is released on the handles of the tongs,
then the spring intervening the members of the tongs, forces the members back to
their normal positions, whereby the button moves upward and the prongs close, that
is, their lower ends come together to form a point.
When the prongs are closed, the free ends of the same are adapted to receive an
elastic band and when the operator presses on the handles of the tongs, then the
prongs open, as previously described, thereby stretching or opening the elastic
band. When the instrument is in this position the open ends of the prongs are
passed over the end of the umbilical cord, and then the operator gradually releases
the pressure on the handles of the tongs to permit the prongs to close, at the same
time stripping the elastic band off the prongs onto the umbilical cord, after which
the operator withdraws the instrument, leaving the elastic band to close the outer
end of the umbilical cord.
Dated this 26th day of January 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Surgical Instrument.
I ALONZO COOPER KELLOGG, of Portage in the County of Columbia and
State of Wisconsin, United States of America, Physician and Surgeon do hereby
40 declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved surgical instrument
more especially designed for conveniently and quickly placing an elastic band
on the umbilical cord of the new born child to prevent hemorrhage or other
diseases.
The invention consists of a series of pivoted prongs adapted to close at their
free ends to receive an elastic band, and a button connected with the said prongs to
open and close the same simultaneously.
The invention also consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the
same, as will be hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
all the figures.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement;
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the improvement partly in section; and
Figure 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.
The improved surgical instrument is provided with a series of prongs A,
preferably four in number, and curved as illustrated in Figures 2 and 3, the said
prongs being hung on pivots B, supported on the under side of a ring C, and
arranged equi-distant apart, as plainly indicated in Figure 1. The ring C forms
part of the outer end of the member D', of a pair of tongs D, the other member D'
of the said tongs carrying at its outer end, a button E engaging the arms A²
projecting inwardly and radially from the pivot ends of the prongs A. The
button E is pivotally connected with the outer end of the member D², so that when
the spring-pressed handles of the tongs are pressed the button E is moved down-
ward, thus pressing the arms A2 in a like direction and thereby causing the
prongs A to swing outward, as shown in Figure 3. As soon as the pressure is
released on the handles of the tongs D, then the spring D³ intervening the members
of the tongs, forces the members back to their normal positions, whereby the
button E moves upward and the prongs A close, that is, their lower ends A¹ come
together to form a point.
When the instrument is in the position shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4, then the
prongs are closed, and the free ends A.¹ of the same are adapted to receive an
elastic band F, and when the operator now presses on the handles of the tongs D,
then the prongs A open, as previously described, thereby stretching or opening the
elastic band F, as plainly shown in Figure 3. When the instrument is in this
position, the open ends of the prongs A are passed over the end of the umbilical
cord, and then the operator gradually releases the pressure on the handles of the
tongs to permit the prongs A to close, at the same time stripping the elastic band
off the prongs onto the umbilical cord, after which the operator withdraws the
instrument, leaving the elastic band to close the outer end of the umbilical cord.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed' I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. In a surgical instrument, the combination with a support, of pivoted prongs
adapted to close at their free ends to receive an elastic band, and means for moving
the prongs outward, substantially as described.
2. A surgical instrument, comprising a pair of tongs, a series of prongs pivoted
on one of the members of the said tongs, and a button held on the other member and
connected with the said prongs to open and close the same, substantially as shown
and described.
3. A surgical instrument, comprising a pair of spring-pressed tongs, a ring
projecting from the free end of one of the members of the said tongs, a series of

page_text: prongs pivoted on the said ring, each prong having an inwardly-extending arm,
and a button connected with the said prong arms and pivoted on the other member
of the said pair of tongs, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 14th day of September 1894.
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.