AN IMPROVED SPINAL SUPPORT
Year: 1882

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LETTERS PATENT to George Edward Vaughan, of 67 Chancery Lano, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for an Invention of AN IMPROVED
SPINAL SUPPORT."-A communication from abroad by Pierre Joseph Le
Belleguic, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Edward Vaughan
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th February 1882.
GEORGE EDWARD VAUGHAN, of 67, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, "AN IMPROVED SPINAL SUPPORT," A communication from abroad
by Pierre Joseph Le Belleguic, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to an improved supporting apparatus designed to
prevent curvature of the spine, or to check the progress thereof when the disease
exists.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings is a view of the said apparatus.
Fig. 2. represents the mode of application of the same.
In these figures a. is a vertical band or blade of steel, the upper and lower
ends of which correspond respectively with the first dorsal and third lumbar
vertebræ.
At the level of the third dorsal vertebra are fixed end to end on the vertical blade
two oblique branches of steel b. b., the free extremities of which are so curved as to
bear against the omoplates, their pressure on which is obtained and regulated by
the braces or shoulder pieces c. c.. These braces are secured on the one hand to a
stud set in the upper end of the vertical blade a., and on the other to similar studs
set in the free extremities of the branches b. b., thus following the outline of the
humerus, which is so forced backwards more or less according to the degree of the
spinal curvature.
The bands or blades a. b. are, as shown in the drawings, so bent as to correspond
with the parts of the body to which they are applied and are made slightly
concave in the direction of their length so as to increase their rigidity without
adding to the weight of the metal. They may be covered with leather or textile
material, as desired, and be worn either in direct contact with the body or over
part of the clothes.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Edward Vaughan in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st August 1882.
GEORGE EDWARD VAUGHAN, of 67, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent. "AN IMPROVED SPINAL SUPPORT," a communication from abroad
by Pierre Joseph Le Belleguic of Paris in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to an improved supporting apparatus designed to
prevent curvature of the spine, or to check the progress thereof when the disease
exists.
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings is a view of the said apparatus.
Fig. 2. represents the mode of application of the same. In these figures, a. is a
vertical band or blade of steel, the upper and lower ends of which correspond
respectively with the first dorsal and third lumbar vertebra.
At the level of the third dorsal vertebra are fixed end to end on the vertical
blade two oblique branches of steel b. b., the free extremities of which are so curved
as to bear against the omoplates, their pressure on which is obtained and regulated
by the braces or shoulder pieces c. c.. These braces are secured on the one hand to
a stud set in the upper end of the vertical blade a., and on the other to similar
studs set in the free extremities of the branches b. b., thus following the outline of
the humerus, which is so forced backwards more or less according to the degree of
the spinal curvature.
The bands or blades a. b. are, as shown in the drawings, so bent as to correspond
with the parts of the body to which they are applied and are made slightly
concavo in the direction of their length so as to increase their rigidity without
adding to the weight of the metal. They may be covered with leather or textile
material, as desired, and be worn either in direct contact with the body or over
part of the clothes.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention and the manner in which
the same is or may be carried into effect, I declare that what I claim and desire
to protect by Letters Patent is :—
A supporting apparatus designed to prevent curvature of the spine, or to check
the progress thereof, when the disease exists, constructed and arranged substan-
tially as herein before set forth and shewn by the figures of the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I the said George Edward Vaughan have hereto set
my hand and seal this Twenty first day of August in the Year of Our
Lord One thousand Fight hundred and Eighty two