Improvements in Suspensory Bandages or Suspensories.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by ALFRED DENT, of Le Mars, in the County of
Plymouth, Iowa, United States of America, Gentleman.]
Improvements in Suspensory Bandages or Suspensories.
1, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to construct a suspensory adapted to press against
the neck of the scrotum to prevent the flow of blood into the veins thereof.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a view of my improvement applied and
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bag, and means for supporting the same.
A is the bag; B an elastic ring; CC bands encircling the waist and connecting
with the bag A; D a band connecting with the bands CC¹; E a supporting band
attached at its ends to the band C, and connected with the bag A.
The bag A is preferably knitted or woven of any suitable size and is attached in
any suitable manner, to a rubber or elastic ring B. This ring is made of somewhat
heavy material and of proper size to encircle the neck of the scrotum.
To support this bag in place, I provide the straps or bands C C¹ and E. The
straps Care fastened as shown to the front of the ring B, and, passing up over
the hips around the waist, are buckled or otherwise secured together. To prevent
the straps from being pulled over the hips, I prefer to provide an elastic strap D, as
shown.
The strap E is preferably made of some elastic material and is connected to the
bag by means of a loop F, as shown in Figure 2, the strap being preferably covered
with leather to allow it to slide freely back and forth in the loop. The strap or
band E is passed through this loop and its ends are then attached to the band C.
In applying the device, the left leg is passed between the bands C and E, both
portions of the band E being at the back of the person wearing the device. The
strap C is then brought around the waste and buckled to the strap C³, which passes
upwards along the right groin. The parts are then in the position shown in Figure 1
with the strap C passing up the left groin, around the waist and fastened to the
strap Cover the right groin, the band D crossing the abdomen just above the
scrotum, and the strap E passing from the bag backwards between the limbs to the
strap C.
Now, when the straps C C are buckled tightly, it will be evident that the bag will
be subjected to an upward and sideways pull by means of such straps, this will be
resisted by the elastic strap E, which will tend to pull the bag backwards between the
limbs. From these contrary strains, that part of the ring B between the straps
(marked a, b in the drawings) will be straightened out and pressed forcibly against
the neck of the scrotum, thus stopping the flow of blood into the affected veins
wholly or in part. By this means, they are reduced to their normal size and
retained in that condition.
The bag A lifts the veins up towards the abdomen, and the ring B cuts across the
neck of the scrotum, stopping the flow of blood, as above stated. Thus the supporting
bag and rubber ring act together. This method results in the cure of varicocele,
without rendering an operation necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention 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 :—
In a suspensory, the combination of a bag A, for supporting the scrotum; an

page_text: elastic ring B, secured to the circular_edge of the bag; straps C C¹, attached to the
front of the bag, and an elastic strap E connected to the bag through the loop F on
its rear edge, and passing backward and upward between the thighs and attached to
the straps CC, whereby the elastic ring B is drawn forcibly backward and pressed
against the front of the neck of the scrotum, cutting off the flow of blood into the
veins, substantially as described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.