Improvements in Trusses for the Treatment of Hernia.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trusses for the Treatment of Hernia.
I, AUGUSTE GONDOLO, of 95, Cambridge Street, Warwick Square, London, S. W.,
Cook, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in trusses for the treatment of hernia,
and has for its object to provide a truss which shall be effective in its results,
and comfortable in wear, while furthermore the pressure of the pads upon any
desired parts of the wearer's body can be regulated at will.
In order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and
carried into practical effect, reference is hereby made to the accompanying sheet
of illustrative drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1, is a plan view of a truss made in accordance with my invention, while,
Fig. 2, is an elevational view, partly in section, of one of the pressure pads provided
with my improved means for regulating the pressure thereof.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts wherever occurring, in both figures, is the harness of the truss, com-
posed of a thin strip or band of suitable resilient metal, covered, if desirable, with
leather or other suitable material. The ends of the said harness of the truss are
provided with pads b of usual construction. represent the front pads of the
truss, for supporting the rupture, each pad having tubular stems d, diametrically
opposite one another, upon the inner or opposing faces of which are formed
threads d' with which engages a disc e having a thread el upon its periphery.
Rods are slidingly disposed within the tubes d, which rods are fixed at one
end to the under or flat side of the pads c, while their other ends are slidingly
disposed within the tubular stems being preferably provided with stops fl to
limit the extent of their travel within the said tubular stems. The tubular
stems are fixed at one end to the harness a or to plates upon same.
The threaded disc e has interposed between it and the pad c, a spring, which
may be spiral, as shewn by g, or it may be of any other desirable form.
In operation, extra pressure is brought to bear upon the desired parts of the
wearer's body, by turning the threaded discs c, and thereby forcing the pads c
further away from the harness a. The pressure is similarly reduced by turning
the discs e in the reverse direction.
The springs allow the pads & sufficient play to ensure the comfort of the wearer.
of the truss..
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:-
The improvements in trusses for the treatment of hernia, consisting in a resilient
harness of suitable form having end pads and front pads, said front pads being
capable of being held against the wearer's body with a varving pressure. by

page_text: means of threaded dises acting upon the threaded opposing sides of tubular stems
fixed at one end to the harness in which tubular stems rods are slidingly disposed,
said rods being fixed at one end to the said pads while their other ends are
provided with stops for limiting the extent of their sliding movement within
such tubular stems; and springs interposed between the pads and the threaded
discs, all arranged, combined and operating, substantially as described, and as
illustrated by the drawings.
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1000
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.