Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
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I, DAVID LEROY SNEDIKER, Doctor, of Emporia, in the County of Lyon, and State
of Kansas, U.S.A., 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 produce a supporter for use by females which is
provided with a spring cup for supporting the uterus, and also with pads for external
pressure and support of the lower part of the abdomen. These pads are made
adjustable by screws, and also are made yielding in the same direction by springs,
and they aid in keeping the front part of the body spring in place, and are auxiliary
to the pessary as supports or cushioned stays forming with the body spring a yielding
and appropriate harness, so to speak, for the exterior of the person, well adapted to
gently and properly support a yielding pessary in place, the whole apparatus and
design being, in view of the motions of the internal and external parts of the body
constantly liable to occur, to provide gently yielding pressure and support, both
externally and internally by the different parts, viz., the body spring, the adjustable
spring pads and the adjustable spring pessary.
1 prefer to employ such a body spring as shown which is adapted to be applied
around the hips quite low down and to prevent all pressure upon the back, and is
light and comfortable to wear. Being worn well down on the hips it continues its
upward pressure whenever the patient stoops, or the hips are spread, as in long
stepping when the tendency ordinarily is greater for the abdominal parts to come
down out of place. In fact with my instrument the act of stooping, or the spreading
or separation of the hips or thighs tends to momentarily increase the upward pressure,
that is while the thighs are separated, so that when unusual exposure or danger occurs
my instrument, on account of its structure and mode of application, is then more
vigilant and energetic, so to speak, to protect against it. Such a result cannot be
secured where elastic straps are used to support and hold up the uterine cup stem and
where they are supported by a belt around the waist. Nor will a bent stem operate
in this way when its direct support is above instead of around and upon the hips,
whether it be a spring or not.
I provide means, as has heretofore been done in trusses for adjusting the pads
outward and inward in addition to the automatic adjustment of springs.

page_text: I have also provided that the cup shall yield on its stem easily by the action of a
gentle spring, made or coated with non-corroding material.
In the accompanying drawings illustrating my improvements-
Figure 1 is a view showing the instrument in place.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the uterine cup showing its details of
construction.
Figuros 3 and 4 are views of the cup detached.
Figures 5 and 6 are views of the pads detached; and
Figure 7 is a view of the upper part of the stem detached.
Referring to the letters upon the drawings, A indicates the body spring, substan-
tially such as above described. BB indicate the pads, which, in addition to being
pivotal, and spring acting, and adjustable laterally on the body spring, are also made
adjustable outward and inward by means of the male and female screws C and D, the
latter, as shown, fixed to one of the clamp jaws E, and the former entering and being
spring cushioned in the pad as illustrated. This feature, combined with the others
which I omit to describe in detail because they are not new and are sufficiently
intelligible from the drawings, is an important one in connection with the other
parts.
F indicates the uterine cup stem secured to the body spring in front by means of
clamp jaws G and bent to conform to the contour of the parts and enter the vagina.
When supported by my body spring neither the front of the body spring nor the bent
stem will touch the body or external parts if properly applied. The stem is of course
capable of being bent more or less to secure a proper position of adjustment.
In order to provide for varying lengths of the vagina and effecting a proper adjust-
ment of the cup and support of the uterus in its natural position, I joint the stem at H
and provide a screw connection, as has heretofore been done, so that a longer or shorter
internal part of the stem can be employed as needed.
The enlarged part L of the stem part K in which is a female screw forms a ledge
or shoulder M at its upper end between which and the ledge N of the cup O the coil
spring P is placed. This spring gives an easy yielding action to the cup which is of
much importance and cannot be secured so as to be effective to prevent the injuries
named above by any spring action altogether outside of the body.
Qindicates a longitudinal slot in the outer surface of the short stem part K at
open
its upper end and connected by a short transverse slot R at its lower end to another
longitudinal slot S not open at its upper end-see Fig. 7. T is a short stnd pro-
jecting into the interior of the lower part of the cup to enter the slots in the stem
part K and hold the cup and stem part together in such a way that the cup can move
up and down on the stem part by the action of the spring P, the stud T working in
the slot S, so that when the stem is withdrawn it will pull out the cup, because the
slot S is closed at its uppor ond.
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
claim is-
The combination with the body spring A, of the pivoted Interally adjustable spring
pads B, and the adjustable spring pessary supported by the yielding action of the
body spring and pads, whereby gentle yielding spring support; both externally and
internally is secured, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 91st day of January 1887.
DAVID L. SNEDIKER.