An Improved Pessary.
Year: 1896

page_text: An Improved Pessary.
I, PHILIPP WOLFROM, Medicinæ Doctor of No. 125, Küps, Germany, Physician
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The protector-pessarium, which forms the object of the present invention, serves on
the one hand, for retaining the fluids, medicaments etcetera, which are to be applied
to the orificium uteri, for any desired length of time upon it, so that they cannot so
readily escape from the vagina, and, on the other hand, to prevent germs of disease or
secretions of the vaginal mucous bag from entering into the uterine channel.
The stop-pessarium hitherto used for this purpose, acts correctly only so long as,
with axis intersecting the vagina axis at an acute angle, it finds a hold in front and
firm support behind the pubic bone. Immediately the pessarium is forced away
from this support, which can very easily happen through sneezing, coughing etcetera,
it gets parallel to the vagina axis in longitudinal position. By this, the closure at the
front and back edges is lost, and the purpose intended frustrated. The drawback
mentioned is obviated by the present construction.
In order to render a sinking of the front edge impossible, the elastic ring
of the pessarium has a new form: the front edge has an upward, bow-shaped
elevation so that the axis of the ring thus formed, produces a downwardly bent
convex line. The front edge now rests securely behind the pubic bone, as the
elastic ground upon which the remaining part of the ring rests, prevents a falling
down.
The spring is provided in the usual way with a covering of india-rubber, and a
rubber skin spread over the inside of the ring.
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I, PHILIPP WOLFROM, Medicine Doctor, of No. 125, Küps, Germany, Physician
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 pessary which forms the object of the present invention, serves on the one
hand, for retaining the fluids, medicaments etc., which are to be applied to the
orificium uteri, for any desired length of time upon it, so that they cannot so
readily escape from the vagina, and, on the other hand, to prevent germs of
disease or secretions of the vaginal mucous bag from entering into the uterine
channel.
The stop-nessary hitherto used for this purpose, acts correctly only so long as,

page_text: with its axis intersecting the vagina axis at an acute angle, it finds a hold in front
and firm support behind the pubic bone. Immediately the pessary is forced away
from this support, which can very easily happen through sneezing, coughing etc.,
it gets parallel to the vagina axis in longitudinal position. By this, the closure
at the front and back edges is lost, and the purpose intended frustrated. The
drawback mentioned is obviated by the present construction.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the female sexual organ,
Fig.
2 a vertical section through the pessary
Fig. 3 a front view of the same.
In order to render a sinking of the front edge impossible, the elastic ring c of the
pessary has a new form: the front edge has an upward, bow-shaped elevation 61, so
that the axis of the ring thus formed produces a downwardly bent convex line.
The front edge now rests securely behind the pubic bone B, as the elastic bone B as
the elastic ground upon which the remaining part of the ring rests, prevents a falling
down.
The spring c is provided in the usual way with a covering b of india-rubber, and a
rubber skin a spread over the inside of the ring c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
In a pessary the combination of the elastic ring c with the elevation 6' the covering b
and the skin a, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 11th day of December 1896.
PHILIPP WOLFROM.