Patent ID: 7037314
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A system for ligation of internal hemorrhoids in the anal canal with the hemorrhoids at the traditional anatomical positions of the hemorrhoids in the human body, comprising: an anoscope, a multiple rubber band ligator device and a loading cone device, said anoscope is configured with an elongated cylinder having a distal end for insertion in an anal canal and a proximal end for positioning at the entrance of the anal canal with three multiple apertures formed about the cylinder and extending from said distal end along approximately one-half the length of the cylinder at positions about the hollow cylinder for simultaneously exposing hemorrhoids in the anal canal at the normal anatomic locations of the hemorrhoids in a patient without repositioning the anoscope and permitting simultaneous access through said apertures to the normal locations for internal hemorrhoids of the anal canal, and presenting the non-apertured portion of the cylinder to the entrance to the anal canal; a handle mounted to said cylinder at a predetermined position with respect to said apertures such that by orienting said handle with respect to the patient the apertures are oriented at the anatomical positions of hemorrhoids of the patient, wherein the ligator device is configured to store multiple rubber bands on an inner cylinder and further configured to release a single rubber band at a time from the inner cylinder; and wherein the modified loading cone is configured for attachment to the removable inner cylinder to facilitate loading of rubber bands onto said inner cylinder.