IMPROVEMENTS IN TRUSSES FOR RUPTURES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, EMIL CAPITAINE of 89 Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TRUSSES FOR RUPTURES" to be as follows:-
This invention consists in constructing the pad with an orifice or slot for
the reception of a pivot or spindle, provided at the end which comes towards the
rupture, with a soft or elastic plug or presser which is operated and adjusted so as
to take up a position on the ruptured part whilst the pad surrounding the pivot or
spindle keeps back the outer skin. According to circumstances the pad is made-
at the part which comes towards the rupture-concave or recessed or of a slightly
convex or bulging form.
For severe cases of rupture or where a large protrusion of the bowels is to be
guarded against, the invention is modified in the sense of forming the plug or
presser with a raised edge of varying height and with the pivot or spindle fitted
or made excentrically to the same.
In the case of double ruptures two of these combined pads may be fitted to one
plate or band so as to form one truss.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, EMIL CAPITAINE of 89 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TRUSSES
FOR RUPTURES" a communication to me from abroad by H. Westphal of Berlin in
the German Empire, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists in constructing the pad with an orifice or slot for the
reception of a pivot or spindle provided at the end which comes towards the rupture
with a soft or elastic plug or presser, which together with the pivot or spindle may
be removed and exchanged, and which is operated and adjusted so as to take up a
position on the ruptured part whilst the peculiar wedge shaped pad surrounding
the pivot or spindle keeps back the outer skin. Further the invention consists in
an arrangement for regulating the lateral pressure of the pad (or pads) and plugs
or presser (or plugs or pressers) on the surface of the rupture or ruptures.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings in all the figures
of which similar letters of reference indicate like parts:
Fig 1 is a back view, Fig 2 a plan, and Fig 3 a front view of a truss constructed
in accordance with this invention. Figs 4, 5 and 6 shew different forms of
construction of the plugs or pressers.
The pads a, a, are as seen in Fig 2 of a flat wedge shape. They are provided
with an orifice or slot a¹ in which the pivot or spindle b' of the plug or presser b
is inserted. The plugs or pressers have for object to enter the place of rupture
and prevent the bowels from protruding whilst the wedge shaped pad bears
very advantageously against the surrounding skin.
In order to be able to regulate the pressure of the upper and lower parts of the
pad against the skin the truss is provided with a strong elastic band C provided
with two fastening tabs C¹, C¹, which take on to the buttons C¹¹, C¹¹.
For severe cases of rupture or where a large protrusion of the bowels is to be
guarded against, the plug or presser is preferably formed with a raised edge of
yarying height and with the pivot or spindle fitted or made excentrically to the
same.
The truss may have two pads and pressers as shewn in the drawing or one only.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In trusses for ruptures the wedge pad substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The employment of removable plugs or pressers in the pad substantially.as
described and illustrated and for the purpose specified.
3. The arrangement and construction of plugs or pressers substantially as
described with reference to Figs 4, 5 and 6.
4. The arrangement and construction of the elastic band C for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 19th day of February 1885.