IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL TRUSSES SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF RUPTURES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Salter, of Newport, in the County of
Monmouth, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL TRUSSES
SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF RUPTURES."
Sealed the 6th February 1872, and dated the 22nd August 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Salter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd August 1871.
I, JAMES SALTER, of Newport, in the County of Monmouth, do
5 hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
Surgical TrusseS SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF RUPTURES," to be as follows:-
Instead of constructing trusses with stiff metal or other springs to
clip at any part the body, I use elastic bands secured with buckles and
straps or fasteners. These elastic bands are joined together, and in
) conjunction with the pad constitute the truss, and the whole is adjustable
to the body with great nicety by means of the fasteners. The pad is
constructed as a hollow metal shell or bivalve enclosing springs (spiral
preferred), which keep the two shells of the bivalve open. This shell is

page_text: enclosed in a case or bag of chamois leather or other suitable material,
and is attached to the elastic bands at that point which, according to
the circumstances of the case, is most necessary for the patient's use.
These trusses can be made to suit every kind of rupture in male or
female, are easily put on and adjusted, and can be worn with great
comfort. They can be worn at all times without discomfort and under
any exercise whatever without injury to the person wearing them.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Salter in the Great Seal Patent. Office on
the 21st February 1872.
:
TO ALL TO. WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
SALTER, of Newport, in the County of Monmouth, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself; Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Salter, Her special licence that
I, the said James Salter, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said James Salter, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL TRUSSES
SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS KINDS OF RUPTURES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Saiter, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Salter, do hereby declare

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
accompanying this Specification, which fully exemplifies the nature
of the said Invention, and exemplifies and particularly describes and
ascertains in what manner the same is to be performed or carried out in
practice; and I would here observe that although only one pad is shown
in the Drawing, more than one may it will be evident be used if required.
A denotes the main band to go round and over the hips; B, lock band
to go round the waist; C, straps securing A and B together; D, pad
secured to main band A, and having the lever strap E to go under the
thigh secured thereto, the end of which has a tongue F for convenience
of passing it through buckle G; G¹, G³, buckles to main band and lock
band respectively; F, F, tongues for convenience of passing main band
and lock band through buckles G, G', respectively.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed or
carried out in practice, I hereby declare that I claim as an entirety the
said "Improvements in Surgical Trusses suitable for various kinds of

page_text: Ruptures" as herein-before described, wherein the following are im-
portant features,―
First. The combination of the elastic bands and their fasteners with
the pad.
Second. The improved form and construction of pad and the use 5
therewith of spiral and other springs.
Third. The arrangements for securing and adjusting the whole truss.
But I do not claim the individual mechanical details per se and apart ·
from the purposes of my said Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Salter, havo hereunto set my 1
hand and seal, this 22nd day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
W. FULLER LANCE,
Newport, Mon.
JAMES SALTER. (L.S.)