US1059493A - Surgical instrument. - Google Patents

Description

S. L. SELLEGK.

SURGICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLIOATIQN FILED SEPT. 11. 1900.

1,059,493. Patented Apr.22, 1913.

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T01 all whom/it may concern 3 smunniia: SE L K: 0F CLEVEBMDF OHIO" Be it knownlthat I, SAMUEL L. SELLEGK, a citizen of the United States, 1 residing at Cleveland, lIll the county ofjCuyahoga and ;State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Surgical lnstru-v ments, of which the following :is full, clear, and exact description, had to the accompanying drawings:

My invention; relates to what :may be called a surgical instrument, in which instrument theoperating portion is supplied, with an antiseptic solution. a

The device herein disclosed, comprises a body portion upon: which is mounted the operatingportion of theinstrument. Withiin the bod portion is confined an anti:- septic solution, the solution being conveyed by means of a suitable duct to a point very near the operating portion of theinstru-l ment. In addition, a plunger is provided for the purpose of more eifeetively expel-l ling the antiseptic solution. 1

The instrument may be used I to remove splinters or other foreign substances which may find lodgment under the skin :of an in- I dividual, and, again, it may be used to re- I move particles from between the teeth; that l is to say, as a toothpick, :in:all of which instances it will perform an additional function: besideszits regular one, namely, that of supplying an antiseptic solution to the; parts upon which it is; used; The device will probably; find its most important user 1; as an antiseptic tooth pick.

Generally speaking, the invention come prises the elements and combinations thereof set forth:in the accompanying claim.

Reference should be 1had to the accompanying drawings, in which z i Figure 1 is a top plan view of the instru-; ment; Fig.1 2 is a central ;vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a cross section upon the line 33 0f Fig. 12.1 i

In the drawings, 1 represents the body portion of the instrumentnwhich, as shown. is tubular, although the body portion might assume otherfornis, where desired; Both ends of the body portion are screw threaded upon the interior wall for :a short distance.

At one endof the body portion is located what I idenominate the operating portion: 2 a of the instrument, which operating portion maybe shapedas shown in Fig. 1,,be1ng; brought to a point atone endand screw threaded at its opposite end forthe purpose I 1 sunercnn INSTRUMENT; I

Specification ofLetters Patent. Application fil e d September 11, ieoel serial no. 517,239.; a 1 p c reference being I Patented Apra22, 11913;;

of engaging jwith:screwethreadsfinbne end of the body :portion 1. Through the part 2 1s a duct 13 which communicates with 1, an 1 opening (I the outer end ,offportion 2, a so that the antiseptic solution passing through the cluct 3will be suppliecl tothe instrument substantially atthe pointlthereof;

At the opposite end ofthebocly ortion 1 to that which has just been descrihcda a pl s 5 and: a rod:6 likewise square in cross sectiolris provided to reciprocate throughithe opening. Within, thebody portion 1 and having a substantial fit with the wall thereof, is a plunger 7 which? is secured upon the end of rod 6. a

Bis screw-threaded into the end.l A square: opening extends through thel plug The rod 6 extendssomewhat beyond the plugo and at its upper end is secured to a tubular casing member 8. The amemberl 8 I is of: the same general conformation as the body PQI'tlOIll, and the lower portion of the member 8 surrounds the end of the body portion 1 and has a sliding;engagement.

A sprlng 9 surrounds the I rod 6 and at one end bears against the plug, 5 and at its oppositeendagainst the member184 Itwill be apparent that by depressing the member 8 the plunger "7 will force a portion of the antiseptic solution: within the body member or 1 reservoir 1 through the duct :3 and out upon: the point of the member.

Inorder to protect the operating; 2 andlits point, I provide a cap 10which is intended to slide over the end pOI'tlOnlOf the body 1, the end 2, so as to form aitight joint and to hold the cap awayoirom the point.

scription that function of removing 1 foreign; substances quires but :one hand of the operator, leavingthe other hand free to use as desired? Having thus describedimy invention,:what

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In a device of the character deseribed,lthe

combination withia hollow: cylindrical body portion 1 having; interior threads at each end 1 jacent to I one end thereof being tapered, of:

portion of the body being tapered asshownin Figs. 1 and 2,and the cap being complementarily taperedfas shown: in Fig.

' anoperating portion threaded into one end of said body portioneand provided with an operating point, said operating portion hav ing; a longitudinal duct therein cemn'iuni- 'licating with said point and the interiorr of.

said 1 body portion, a; plug secured :into the opposite :end oi'ysaid bodyportion and having an axial prismatic bore, a plunger With-f in said pbodyportion and having aprismatic,

st'enri "extending through said bore,- a cylindrieal tube fitted slidably about said body xpbrtion at one end, one end bfsaid tube be "ing p1es'ed,'and'said' stem beingconnected to '(idpieis'i p1- tlilsizpatentimay be obtained f ordfive cents each, by ad di'essing the flemn issionerlo t Patents] i 7 Washington, D. (3. 1

body po 'tion to inclose and protect said p0int."-;-

V Injestimonywhereofil hereunto afifiizim y' zo signaturein the presence of twowionessesu 1 SAMUEL L; SELLEOKL I; Witnesses: p i "I I 'J'A. JQHUDSONy TAIF.

said closed end, a-spiral springs surround-p ing rsaidl stem between said plug and said '15 'closed end, and a cap having a tapered end 'ada'ptedtoseatupon the tapered end of said

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