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US 10,744,274 B2Granted
Rectal injection device and method of operation thereof
AssigneeLogan Medical Devices, Inc.
InventorsTyler S. Markle, Dennis I. Robbins, Jose Rodriguez, David H. Hitt
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Abstract
A rectal injection device and a method of operating a rectal injection device. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a handle having a trigger associated therewith, (2) an extension tube extending from the handle and terminating in a head, (3) at least two needles coupled to the head and configured to move relative thereto between a retracted position and a deployed position and (4) a pullrod coupling the trigger and the needles and configured to cause the needles to move.
Claims9
A method of operating a rectal injection device, comprising:
- inserting a head of said device into a rectum of a mammal;
- pulling back said head to cause said head to seat against an anal dentate of the rectum;
- deploying a plurality of needles of said device from said head so that they enter said rectum proximate said anal dentate;
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- injecting said fluid through the plurality of needles into said anal dentate.
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