US1582653A - Obstetrical appliance - Google Patents

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April 27 1926.

E. F- ALLEYNE OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE Filed June a, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet .1

April 27,1926. 1,582,653

- E. F. ALLEYNE OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE,

Filed June 8. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WWW l atented Apr. 2'7 1326 UNIT, sra.

PATEL.

OBSTETRICAL APPLIANCE.

- Application filed June 8, 1925. Serial No. 35,667.

To (412 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST F. ALLEYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, county of Davidson, State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Obstetrical Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to obstetrical appliances, especially to supports and exercising means and has for its main object the provision of a device of this type capable of being conveniently carried about by a physician or obstetrician for the purpose of examining a patient gynecologically or obstetrically in the home, and make deliveries, perineorrhaphies, etc., equally as easy and with as much comfort to the patient in the home as in a hospital or office with a de livery bed or operating table.

A further object is the provision of an obstetrical support which will enable the -patient to lie crosswise of the bed in a position to permit the physician to work on the patient from the side of the bed, with the patient sufliciently near the side edge to permit the use of various instruments, such as a weighted speculum, which could not be used with the patient lying lengthwise of the bed.

Another object is to provide a device capable of use in the manner above described,

while allowing the patient to exert a pulling strain with the hands without interfering with the work of the physician.

Other objects are the attainment of simplicity of structure and increased sturdi-ness with assurance against failure or breakage duringuse and the design and arrangement of the parts whereby the device may be quickly assembled and adjusted for use and when out of use, may be collapsed or folded into small bompass for carriage by the physician or surgeon.

lihe foregoing and other objects and ad vantages, as well as the principles of the invention, will more fully appear from a pe rusal of the following specifications and accompanying drawings of a specific embodiment thereof. It is to be understood, however, that the particular embodiment here described and shown is merely illustrative of the invention and that other, specifically different embodiments and modifications of the present embodiment may be made within the scope of the invention and as defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one of a pair of supporting members clamped to the side beam or rail of a bed and adjusted for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the two supporting members clamped in place and adjusted for use.

Fig. 3 is a view of the mounting post of Fig. 1 looking from the left in Fig. 1 and with the lower clamping member removed.

Fig. 4; is a top plan view of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the mounting post with clamping attachment for use on a round bed rail.

Fi 6 is a view of the extension bars partly folded.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view, on a small scale, showing the device applied to the side of a bed.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device as an operative whole, comprises a pair of elements or members A and B shown in side view in Fig. 1 and top plan viewin Fig. 2, clamped to the side beam 1 of a bed. Fig. 1 being'a side view of the complete arrangement shown in Fig. 2, only one member A, is shown. Each brace member comprises a post 2, having in its lower portion a longitudinal central channel or socket .3,

adapted to receive the shank of a hooked '9 clamping bar 4, and a clamp extension 5 extended at right angles to the p'ostto form an abutment against upward thrust of the bar 4. To hold the bar at at various vertical adjustments in the socket 3, the set screw 6 is provided which extends through the post 2- in threaded engagement therewith into contact with the shank of the bar within the socket 3. The hooked end of the bar t is shaped as shown to pass around under the lower edge of the side rail or beam of a bed, the bend of the hook being made sun.- ciently wide to take beams or side rails of different width, and a close binding orv clamping fit being obtained by a clamp screw 7 threaded through the upturned end of the hook.

It will be seen that with this arrangement the post 2 is prevented from rocking longitudinally of the side rail or beam 1 of the bed (Figs. 1 and by the close fit of the side rail between the bottom of the hook on the bar a and the abutment extension 5 on the post, and is prevented from sliding on the side rail or rocking transversely thereof by the clampin action of the screw T. This rigidity of support is an important requirement in devices of this type.

For use on beds having round side rails or beams, the clamping bar 4 is replaced by a semi-circular clamping member connected to the lower part of the post 2 through a hinged connection to the arc-shaped extension 8, to form a circular clamp on the bottom of the post 2 as shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 5 shows the post 2 clamped to a round side beam 9 with the circular clamp arrangement which consi ts of the semi-circular member 10 pivoted to the curved extension 8 by a removable pin 11 arranged to pass through the apcrtured car 12 on the end of the extension 8, and arranged to be clamped up against the bottom of the bed rail by a pivoted or swinging bolt 13 pivoted to the member 10 at 1- the bolt being tightened upward by the wing nut 15, threaded on its upper end and engaging the top surface of the extension 5 which, as indicated in Figs. 3 and -t, is bifurcated to permit the bolt to be moved into position without removing the wing nut 15. "he close lit and clan'iping action produced by the tightening of the bolt holds the post 2 against sliding or rocking longitudinally of the beam 9. To further insure against sliding movement and especially against a rocking movement of the post on the beam, a set screw 16 is threaded into the bottom of the clamp member 10 to bear against the beam 9 and so lock the member 10 and beam 9 together.

A folding oft-set post constituted of the members 17 and 18 is adjustably mounted in the post 2 by means of the socket 19 formed in the post and arranged to receive the horizontal member 17 of the off-set post 1718, a set screw 20 being provided for locking the member 17 in adjusted position. The members 17-18 of the offset post are pivoted at 21 to enable the olfset post to be folded in half or up on itself as indicated in Fig. (3, the hinged joint being arranged in the form of a stop hinge, to limit the opening 01 the members 1T1S to approximately a right angle as shown in Fig. l, the stoppin or limiting effect being secured by the engagement of the transverse projection 22 on the member 18 with the lug on the member 17. it "foot rest or stirrup 2% is adjustably mounted on the upright member 18 by means of a collar 25 on which the stirrup is caried and which is locked in adjusted position on the member 18 by means of a set screw 26. A hand grip or hand hold 27 is pivotally mounted on top of the post 2.

It will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 that the members A and B constituting the brace as a whole may be secured to the side beam of a bed as shown, with various adjustments of the, spacing between the foot rests 24, the height of the toot rests, and their distance away tron the side of the bed without losthe desirable features of rigidity and strength.

It clearer conception of the appearance of the device in use will be had from inspcc tion of the perspective view of li ig. T. In use the patient lies cro 'wise of the bed with the feet in the stirrups 2t raised above and extended out over the side of the bed. Also, where necc tl try, the patient may use ie hand holds 27 to exert a pulling strain 1 hands, using the foot rests 2% as cut to prevent movement of the without interfering with the work physician.

It is iarticularly to be noted that with patient disposed as just mentioned pln :ian or surgeon has an unacccss and very close approach to the patient. impossible of attainment hen the patient is disposed lengthwise of *ne bed, that access and approach presenting important advantages hereinbet'ore referred to and particularly enabling the use oi nn trunrents l'or minute examination,

such, "for example, as the weighted speculum, fble or use with the patient disposed lengthw :e of the bed as is ordinarily the case with bed-attachments for gynecological or obstetrical use.

\Yhat I claim is:

An obstetrical support comprising an upright post. clan'iping means on the bottom of the post for clamping the same to the side team of a bed, a lizard-hold connected to the top oi the post and arranged to be folded down against the post. an oil-set post comprising a horizontal memhe' and a vertical member connctcd through a stop h nge arranged to permit the members to be folded in overla 'iping relation when not in use but limiting the degree of unfolding to approximatet a ight angle. means for adjustahly securH-ig i lie horimntzf nu-mher to the iii-st mentioned post at dill'ercnt points alou" the horizontal member and a toot ih n ans i'or a' iustably securing the no 1-.t d'. ent points along the vertical member. I testimony whereo'i' l lua'eunto allix my trie i'i FOSTER ALLE 'NE, M. l).

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