Patent ID: 11944311
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A system for stabilizing an instrument during a hemorrhoid treatment procedure comprising: an anoscope having an outer wall, a first channel extending along a longitudinal axis of the anoscope to provide direct visualization to a clinician through a length of the first channel and a smaller diameter second channel positioned at an angle to the first channel and configured to direct the instrument inserted through the second channel at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the first channel to reduce obstruction of direct visualization through the first channel, wherein the second channel is on a first side of the anoscope, and a distal end of the anoscope forms a window on a second side, the angled second channel intersecting the first channel in a manner that the instrument extends into the first channel to the window, and an interlocking engagement structure configured to engage with the instrument inserted through the second channel to restrict axial movement of the instrument to thereby maintain an axial position of the instrument with respect to a dentate line of a patient and wherein the second channel includes structure to limit rotational movement of the instrument within the second channel.