Patent ID: 8715166

Claim:
A method treating a hemorrhoid in a patient without a cutting of tissue, the method comprising: obtaining an anoscope instrument, the instrument including an at least partially hollow member having a sidewall provided with a window, a proximal opening, and closed distal end, the proximal opening configured to function as a viewing port; a 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; a tissue effecting structure coupled to at least one of the at least partially hollow member or the closure member, the tissue effecting structure being structured to clamp a rectal tissue provided between the first surface and the second surface without a cutting of the rectal tissue, to facilitate occluding a blood supply of a hemorrhoid without a trauma from the cutting of the rectal tissue; and, a handle portion having a translatable handgrip operably connected to the closure member for a user to hand-actuate a translational clamping of the rectal tissue between the first surface and the second surface; wherein, the first and second surfaces are clamping and non-cutting surfaces structured to clamp the rectal tissue above a dentate line in a rectum of a patient to facilitate the occluding of the blood supply without the cutting of the rectal tissue; the anoscope is configured to be operable in an absence of an endoscope due to the configuration of the viewing port that facilitates a visual inspection of the rectal tissue in the absence of the endoscope; clamping the rectal tissue between the first surface and the second surface without a cutting of the rectal tissue; treating the rectal tissue to facilitate the occluding; and, releasing the 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.