US 11,672,416 B2
Device for use in the treatment of hemorrhoids
Johan Ungerstedt, Enskede (SE)
Assigned to DEVELOPERATION AB, Enskede (SE)
Appl. No. 16/755,442
Filed by Developeration AB, Enskede (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/SE2018/051044
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/074439, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1751278-1 (SE), filed on Oct. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0237205 A1, Jul. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/31 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/31 (2013.01) [A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00818 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for use in the treatment of hemorrhoids, said device comprising:
an elongated tube-shaped element comprising a forward end and an aft end, said aft end providing access to the interior of the tube-shaped element, said tube-shaped element extending along a longitudinal axis L and comprising at least one opening formed between the forward and aft end; and
an anal mucosa support device removably arranged within the tube shape element, said support device comprising at least two cavities to receive anal mucosa; and
a sealing plug arranged to close and seal the open aft end of the device and a connection with access to the interior of the tube-shaped element, said connection is intended to be connected to pumping means such that the pressure within the tube-shaped element could be reduced and the anal mucosa sucked into the at least two cavities,
wherein at least one needle guide structure is formed in the elongated tube-shaped element and the anal mucosa support device such that at least one needle is capable of being guided during movement within the tube-shaped element across the at least two cavities in the anal mucosa support device to a position where the needle extends across the opening in the tube-shaped element.