Improvements in or connected with Milk Tubes or Catheters for the use of Veterinary Surgeons.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Oct., 1897-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
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Improvements in or connected with Milk Tubes or Catheters for the
use of Veterinary Surgeons.
I, JOHN BOON TUTT, of No. 55, Southgate Street, in the City of Winchester,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It is that by which the tube is retained and held in its position after it has
been inserted in the duct of the teat of the animal-it consists of two spring or
flexible arms on either side of the tube made of metal or rubber or other sub-
stance suitable for the purpose fixed at the distal extremity of the instrument
and which arise therefrom and surround and clasp the teat, either with or with-
out the addition of a ring or transverse half circles of metal or other material and
thus prevent the tube or catheter slipping out of the duct or being altered in
position.
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Improvements in or connected with Milk Tubes or Catheters for the
use of Veterinary Surgeons.
I, JOHN BOON TUTT, of No. 55, Southgate Street, in the City of Winchester,
Veterinary Surgeon, 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:-
It is that by which the milk tube or catheter is retained and held in its position
after it has been inserted in the duct of the teat of the animal. It consists of
two spring or flexible arms or clasps in the drawing marked C. C. one on either
side of the tube marked A. B. made of metal or other substance suitable for the
purpose fixed at the distal extremity of the instrument and which arise therefrom
and clasp the teat either with or without the addition of a ring or transverse
half circles of metal or other material and thus prevent the tube or catheter
slipping out of the duct or being altered in position.
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:-
1. The novel feature of my invention is the fixing of spring or flexible arms or
clasps marked in the drawing C. C. to an ordinary milk tube or catheter by which

page_text: the same is held-after being placed in position-without these spring or flexible
arms or clasps, which are my invention, the milk tube or catheter will slip out
of the duct of the animals teat.
2. The advantage gained by my invention is that the milk tube or catheter is
retained in its proper position. The spring or flexible arms or clasps marked in
the drawing C. C. maintain it there so that the benificent purpose for which it
is inserted is carried out. Milk tubes or catheters are used in cases of desease of
the udder when a catheter is required to be kept in the teat as a drainage tube.
The catheters oridinarily in use for this and similar purposes can only be
tied in with string-they always slip out and are lost.
3. The efficiency of milk tubes or catheters made with my invention is proved by
the fact that they are retained in position in such a manner as to effect the
purpose required without causing the animal pain, without constricting the teat
or stopping the circulation.