Patent ID: 8632458
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a hemorrhoid while avoiding tissue damage and post-procedural pain, comprising: inserting a therapeutic anoscope into an anus of a subject having a hemorrhoid, the anoscope operable to gently securing the fold in the rectal tissue by limiting the amount of pressure pinching surfaces can apply to the fold and the time period of such securing to avoid a removal or a necrosis of the rectal tissue, the fold having a vascular supply for the hemorrhoid; and, subsequently occluding the vascular supply to the hemorrhoid in a targeted manner to otherwise avoid damage to the rectal tissue, the occluding including a component selected from the group consisting of heat, energy, or ligation; wherein, the treatment creates substantially less post-operative pain than a method of treating hemorrhoids that does not avoid the removal or the necrosis of the rectal tissue fold.