US1198450A

US1198450A - Support for surgical needles.

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Publication number: US1198450A
Application number: US7201616A
Authority: US
Inventors: Winifred E Jones
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-01-14
Filing date: 1916-01-14
Publication date: 1916-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1933-09-19

Description

W. E. JONES.

SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL NEEDLES. 1

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, l9l.6.

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ATTORNEYS WINIFRED E. JONES, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORT FOR SURGICAL NEEDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed January 14, 1916. Serial No. 72,016.

1 b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVINIFRED E. JONES, a citizen of the United States. and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports for Surgical Needles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to supports for surgical needles for the removal of superfluous hair and blemishes of other character on the face or body of the patients.

In the use of these needles it is customary to use a number on the patient at a time as the strain on the patient is an extremely nervous one and consequently the work should be done in the shortest possible time. The essential object of this invention is to provide a support or stand for carrying the needles and facilitate the operation of a number of them at the same time.

Ileretofore it has been customary to provide a support extending overthe head of the patient and from which the needles depend downwardly and when not in use dangle in front of the patients face much to her annoyance and danger.. It is another object of this invention to provide an overhead support which may be extended over the head of the patient when in use and which is provided with a head piece provided with a number of needle-receiving poeketswhereby the needles may be supported above the head of the patient. when not in use and this overhead support is also capable of being moved backwardly away from the patient.

When working on the face of a patient it frequently happens that needles are in use on both sides of the face and to facilitate this I form the head piece in a semi-circular or semi-oval shape to substantially conform to the head of the person so that the needles may be carried by it and be readily brought down to operative position.

The invention is further designed to provide a support in which the conductor cords for the needles may be readily moved out of the Way.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the device embodying the invention; Fig. 2

is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4; 4 of Fig. 2'; Fig. 5 is a detail front view; Fig. (3 is a section taken on line (56 of Fig. 2.

The device comprises an adjustable standard and needle supporting and holding means or carrier mounted thereon.

The standard comprises a base 10 to which is secured a tube 11 in whicha rod 12 is slidably mounted, and a set screw 13 passing through said tube 11 for securing the rod 12 in various positions of adjustment. The standard is adapted to be placed on the floor and the needle-support carried thereby may be raised or lowered as desired by adjusting the position of the rod 12 in thetube 11.

The needle support and holding means comprises a terminal support,'a head piece, means for varying the position of the head piece with respect to the standard and terminal support and guide means carried by said terminal support and head piece.

The terminal support consists of a semicircular member or strip 14.- of conducting material secured at its ends 15 to atransverse member 16 which in turn is secured to th upper end of the rod 12. The member 14 is provided with a plurality of apertures 17 for receiving the needle plugs 18 and the plug 19 which is connected to the main conductor 20 which is provided with a plug 21 for connecting said conductor to a source of electric current. Each needle plug 18 is connected to its respective conductor cord 22 which carries a'connector-plug 23 at its outer end. This plug 23 is detachably secured to the needle holder 24 which has a rear portion 25, an insulated portion 26 and carries a needle 27 electrically connected to the plug 23.

The head piece consists of a semi-circular channel member 28 secured at its ends 29 to a transverse member 29, the flange portions 100 tion 26 of the needle holder and the rear portion 25 of each holder is adapted to be.

seated in one of the notches 32 and the needle in one of the notches 33, a small centrally disposed notch 35 being provided in the bottom of the slot 33 for receiving the needle. The shoulder 36 formed by the portion 26 with the portion 25 of the holder limits the rearward movement of the holder.

It will be further noted that the needle be- 1 ing disposed in the notches in the flanges of the channel sections above the bottom 37 thereof, may be readily removed from the pocket formed by these notchesby inserting the thumb and forefinger within the channel on either side of the needle holder and lifting it upwardly out of the notches.

The means for varying the position. of the head piece with respectto-the standard and the terminal supportcomprises laz'y tongs 38 pivotally secured to each other and Pivotally secured at their outer ends 39 to an ear 40 on the member 29 and at' their inner ends to an car 41 on themember 16, the inward and outward movement of saidtongs caus- I ing the inward and outward movement of the head piece. This permits the head piece, carrying the needles, to be folded up against. the standard when not in use. The jtongs may be provided .With adjustable nuts 38 for securing said tongs in different positions.

with a plurality ofspaced apart notches l2 and the transverse member 29 with a plu rality of corresponding notches 43 for receiving and guiding the needle-conductor cords 22 therein. The conductor cords 22 are slidably mounted in said notches 42 and i3 and the

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32 and 33 in the channel member 28 so that'the operator by grasping any one or all of the cords in the space beteen the member 14L and the member 16 may pull upon it or'them and thus draw the a needle or needles carried thereby up out of the way and above the patient and into the pockets formed in the'head piece.

The operation of the device is as follows :The rod 12 is adjusted in the standard to bring the carrier or needle support to the desired height and the head piece and tongs are then moved outwardly the desired distance so as to bring the needles into position above the patient at the required point of treatment. The current from the source passes through the conductor 20 thence to the terminal support 11 from whence it passes through the plugs 18 into the conductor cords 22 to the needles 27. The needle or needles are then removed from their pockets and inserted beneath the skin or otherwise applied, according to the kind of treatment required. Thus all the needles may be kept at work for any length of time and by the use of a plurality of needles the time during which the patient is under treat- "ment is reduced thus lessening the strain on the patient. Furthermore, when any of the I needles are not in use they may be quickly drawn up out ot' the way and if desired into the pockets on the head piece where they will not annoy the patient or cause any injury. Also the head-piece may be moved back away from. the patient when not in use and danger, due-to dangling needles, prevented.

What I claim is:

1. A support for surgical needles comprisinga supporting member, a terminal support carriedbyl said member, a head piece, -lazytongs connecting said support to said head piece to permit it to be moved toward or away fromsaid support, said terminal support and head piece adapted to carry a mainconductor and a pluralit of-needleconductors, said conductors being movably guided in the head piece.

2.- A support for-surgical needles comprising a supporting member, a terminal support carried thereby, a head piece providedwith a plurality of pairs of spaced I apart registering notches forming needlereceiving pockets and connected to said support and movable with respect thereto, said support and head piece adapted to carry a plurali y of, needle-conductors, said conduc- The transverse member .16 is provided" tors; adapted to depend from said head piece when the needles are in use and to be pulled back so as'to. seat the needles in said pockets when not in use.

3. A support for surgical needles comprising an adjustable supporting member, a terminal "support carried thereby for receiving a main conductor of electric current and a plurality'of electric needle conductors, a channel member forming a head piece provided with a plurality of pairs of registering notches forming needle-receivin" pockets, notched guide members carried by said terminal support and head piece for ieceiving and guiding said needle conductors, and means pivotally connected to said head piece and terminal support to support said head piece and permit of its movement with respect to said terminal support and supporting member, said needle conductors passing through the notches in said channel member and depending therefrom when in use. I

4. A support for surgical needles comprising an adjustable supporting member, a terminal support carried thereby for receiving a main conductor of electric current and a plurality of electric needle conductors, a.

head piece having a plurality of needlemit movement of the headpiece with respect receiving pockets formed therein, guide to said terminal support and supporting members carried by said terminal support member, said needle conductors passing 10 and head piece for receiving and guiding through the pockets in the head piece when 5 said needle conductors, and extensible means in use.

connected to said head piece and terminal In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. support to support said head piece and per- WINIFRED E. JONES.