Patent ID: 8430808

Claim:
A method treating a hemorrhoid in a patient without a cutting of tissue, the method comprising: obtaining a system for an endoscopic treatment of a rectal tissue, the system including an at least partially hollow member adapted for receiving an endoscope and having a sidewall with a window for viewing and receiving a rectal tissue; and, a translatable closure member having a longitudinal axis and movably connected to the at least partially hollow member for at least partially covering and uncovering the window, the at least partially hollow member having a first surface along an edge of the window, the closure member having a second surface opposing the first surface for a translational clamping of the rectal tissue between the first surface and the second surface; wherein, the first and second surfaces are non-cutting surfaces configured to clamp the rectal tissue above a dentate line in a rectum of a patient to facilitate an occluding of a blood supply without a cutting of the rectal tissue; inserting the system in the patient having the rectal tissue; viewing the rectal tissue with the endoscope; clamping the rectal tissue between the first surface and the second surface without the cutting of the rectal tissue; treating the rectal tissue to facilitate the occluding; and, releasing the uncut rectal tissue; wherein, the clamping, treating, and releasing without the cutting of the rectal tissue facilitates achieving an ischemic regression of the hemorrhoid without the trauma of the cutting.