Patent ID: 8632458

Claim:
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 (i) form a fold in a rectal tissue orally to the hemorrhoid and above a dentate line in the subject; (ii) gently secure the fold; (iii) create a work space above the dentate line; and, (iv) provide a visualization of the rectal tissue without an image transmission through optic fibers; 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.