Hemorrhoids treatment method and associated instrument assembly including anoscope and cofunctioning tissue occlusion device

A surgical instrument assembly for the treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising an anoscope and a hemorrhoid occlusion device,

• said anoscope including a hollow body defining a longitudinal channel, said hollow body being closed at a distal end and at least partially open at a proximal end, said hollow body having a sidewall provided with a window spaced from at least said distal end,
• said hemorrhoid occlusion device including an instrument shaft provided at a distal end with two jaws, at least one of said jaws including a clamping member movable alternately away and towards the other of said jaws for clamping and occluding hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope, said jaws being insertable into said anoscope so that said jaws are located on opposite side of hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope, said jaws being mounted to a pair of parallel rods each connected at one end to said shaft.

A surgical instrument assembly for the treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising an anoscope, a closure member, and a hemorrhoid occlusion device,

• said anoscope including a hollow body having a longitudinal axis and defining a longitudinal channel, said hollow body being closed at a distal end and at least partially open at a proximal end, said hollow body having a sidewall formed with a bulging portion located on one side of said axis and extending from said proximal end partially along a length of said sidewall towards said distal end, said bulging portion being provided with a window spaced from at least said distal end,
• said closure member being slidably connectable to said hollow body in said bulging portion for alternately covering and uncovering said window,
• said hemorrhoid occlusion device including an instrument shaft provided at a distal end with two jaws, at least one of said jaws including a clamping member movable alternately away and towards the other of said jaws for clamping and occluding hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope, said jaws being insertable into said anoscope so that said jaws are located on opposite side of hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope.

A surgical instrument assembly for the treatment of hemorrhoids, comprising an anoscope and a hemorrhoid occlusion device,

• said anoscope including a hollow body defining a longitudinal channel, said hollow body being closed at a distal end and at least partially open at a proximal end, said hollow body having a sidewall provided with a window spaced from at least said distal end,
• said hemorrhoid occlusion device including an instrument shaft provided at a distal end with two jaws, at least one of said jaws including a clamping member movable alternately away and towards the other of said jaws for clamping and occluding hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope, said jaws being insertable into said anoscope so that said jaws are located on opposite side of hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope,
• wherein said jaws are insertable into said anoscope so that one of said jaws is located on a far or distal side of hemorrhoidal tissues protruding through said window into said anoscope, between the protruding hemorroidal tissues and an inner or distal end of said anoscope, and so that another of said jaws is located on a near or proximal side of the protruding hemorrhoidal tissues, between the protruding hemorroidal tissues and an outer or proximal end of said anoscope.