Vaginal syringes / [John Ross Trott].

  • Trott, John Ross.
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vaginal syringes / [John Ross Trott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 12,533 A.D. 1892 Date of Application, 7th July, 1892—Accepted, 20th Aug., 1892 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Vaginal Syringes. I, John Ross Trott, of 618 South Seventh Street, in the City of Springfield, County of Sangamon, State of Illinois, United States of America, 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- 5 statement:— My invention relates to an improvement in vaginal syringes, which is adapted to be self retaining, having for its object the prevention of discomfort and fatigue : and it consists in certain features of novelty to be hereinafter described, and then particularly pointed out in the claims. 10 In the accompanying drawings :— Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the parts assembled and the device complete. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Figure 3 shows a modified form when the speculum shaped body is open at the 15 flared end and Figure 4 is a rear view. Referring to the accompanying drawings ; A represents a hollow enclosed flared and speculum shaped body made of hard rubber and extending up from its flared closed end a, to form the tube portion a1 rounded at top and provided therein with 20 the supply and discharge openings a2 and a3 through one of which is forced the fluids used in irrigating the canal while the other carries off the discharge. The tube a1, is provided with parallel annular grooves B,that receive the stiffened elastic ends C of the surrounding inflatable rubber sheath or cover D wdiich is thus securely held around the body of said tube portion a1, adjacent to the rounded 25 perforated top of the same. Normally the rubber sheath or cover lies flush with the body of the tube and encloses the inflating opening or perforation E formed in said hollow tube under said sheath and communicating with the interior of the hollow body which forms an enclosed air chamber to receive the air through the end air inlet opening F in the flared closed end of the instrument. A supply 30 tube I is detachably inserted in said inlet opening and is connected with an ordinary syringe air bulb (not shown), in order to inflate the enclosing sheath so that the same will grasp the walls of the vagina and hold the syringe in place, as will be readily apparent. A supply and discharge tube H and G pass from the flared end of the 35 syringe through the body thereof, and are fitted wrater tight in the supply and discharge openings a2 and a3 respectively in the top of the tube portion of the syringe. The said tubes conduct the water to and from the vagina continuously, as long as the irrigation is kept up. In use the syringe is inserted in the vagina, the top end foremost, and as there 40 are no interfering projections thereon the introduction will be easy and free from pain. After insertion air is forced through the tube I into the body of the syringe and the opening E so as to inflate the sheath as shown in dotted lines Figure 2, and as said sheath occupies the inner third of the vaginal duct it will by reason of the enlargement formed by the inflation thereof, adapt the syringe to be seif 45 retentive within the vagina. As the sheath comes in close contact with the walls of the vagina, no fluid can escape upon the bed or clothing. The medicine is projected through tube H and exhausted through waste tube G. The advantage of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. By the 50 improved construction of the syringe, herein described, the inflatable sheath may T Price 8cL]