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A New Epididymitis Clamp for Diathermy1
A NEW EPIDIDYMITIS CLAMP FOR DIATHERMY 1 ALBERT CRANCE
Geneva, New York
The use of diathermy as a specific in the treatment of epididymitis is a well established fact in urology. Its use is constantly increasing, and it is needless to say that the period of disability
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PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW EPIDIDYMITIS CLAMP
these cases has been cut down considerably since the inauguration of this method of treatment. 1 Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association held' at Baltimore, May 23 to 25, 1927.
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648
ALBERT CRANCE
There are on the market several types of scrotal clamps, many of which have certain features that make them impractical in one way or another. The greatest objection to most of these is the set-screw adjustment. It has often been observed that during diathermy treatment, the scrotum may move sufficiently to make further adjustment of the appliance necessary. It then becomes
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ILLUSTRATING THE CLAMP IN UsE
necessary to unfasten the set-screw and get a new grip of the part, which not infrequently delays the treatment, as well as causing discomfort to the patient. The instrument which the writer wishes to present was designed in an effort to overcome this difficulty, inasmuch as the firmness of the grip can entirely be controlled with the forceps type of
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h:rndlcs, thereby eliminatiug all incom'enience in Lhe matter of adjus(menL If, during the cour:,;e of a. treaLmellt, it becomes necessary to increase the Le1Jsio11, the procedure is accomplished by merely dosin1,; up one notch with the ring-ha.ndles. Likewi:,;e, if too tight, the irn-drument may be rele,rned b~, opening the ringharnllcs. No set--:,;cre,y fus::-sing i:,; necessary. 'J'he damp is prnyided with a :,;pring lock between the ringhandles and the joint, which keeps the tension at a11y point desired. The im,tnuuent. al:-so has nickeled applicaton, of cmTect proportion:-;, and are also seL on a ball-socket joint to conform to sir,e or shape of each irnfo,idual case. Thi8 instrument has been worked out with the coiipera,tion of i he ,Yappler Electric Company, and it is now 1nanufactured by them.
Geneva, New York
The use of diathermy as a specific in the treatment of epididymitis is a well established fact in urology. Its use is constantly increasing, and it is needless to say that the period of disability
Fm. L
PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW EPIDIDYMITIS CLAMP
these cases has been cut down considerably since the inauguration of this method of treatment. 1 Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association held' at Baltimore, May 23 to 25, 1927.
647
648
ALBERT CRANCE
There are on the market several types of scrotal clamps, many of which have certain features that make them impractical in one way or another. The greatest objection to most of these is the set-screw adjustment. It has often been observed that during diathermy treatment, the scrotum may move sufficiently to make further adjustment of the appliance necessary. It then becomes
Fm. 2.
ILLUSTRATING THE CLAMP IN UsE
necessary to unfasten the set-screw and get a new grip of the part, which not infrequently delays the treatment, as well as causing discomfort to the patient. The instrument which the writer wishes to present was designed in an effort to overcome this difficulty, inasmuch as the firmness of the grip can entirely be controlled with the forceps type of
i\J1-rni E!PJDIDYMI'l'JS Cl--1AMP FOR DIATHERMY
64!)
h:rndlcs, thereby eliminatiug all incom'enience in Lhe matter of adjus(menL If, during the cour:,;e of a. treaLmellt, it becomes necessary to increase the Le1Jsio11, the procedure is accomplished by merely dosin1,; up one notch with the ring-ha.ndles. Likewi:,;e, if too tight, the irn-drument may be rele,rned b~, opening the ringharnllcs. No set--:,;cre,y fus::-sing i:,; necessary. 'J'he damp is prnyided with a :,;pring lock between the ringhandles and the joint, which keeps the tension at a11y point desired. The im,tnuuent. al:-so has nickeled applicaton, of cmTect proportion:-;, and are also seL on a ball-socket joint to conform to sir,e or shape of each irnfo,idual case. Thi8 instrument has been worked out with the coiipera,tion of i he ,Yappler Electric Company, and it is now 1nanufactured by them.