Seal, constituent parts of the seal, device and method for arranging such a seal

A device for placing and fixing a seal in the oesophagus of a slaughtered animal, such as a cow, wherein the device comprises:

• a carrier placed at a first end of an elongate element for positioning a seal through a part of the oesophagus and at a desired location in the oesophagus;
• first urging means controllable from the second end of the elongate element for urging oesophageal tissue through an opening of a cylindrical part of the seal into the interior of the cylindrical part;
• and
• second urging means controllable from the second end of the elongate element for urging a clamping element of the seal to a clamping position relative to the cylindrical part, wherein oesophageal tissue present in the interior of the cylindrical part is clamped fixedly in the clamping position.

A method for sealing the oesophagus of a slaughtered animal, such as a cow, by arranging a seal, comprising of:

• placing a cylindrical part of a seal, provided with a cylindrical peripheral wall and provided with a closing end wall on one end side, at a desired location in the oesophagus of the animal;
• and
• displacing a clamping element of the seal relative to the cylindrical part to a clamping position, wherein oesophageal tissue is clamped fixedly between the clamping element and the cylindrical part,
• wherein oesophageal tissue is urged through at least one opening located in the peripheral wall into the interior of the cylindrical part, and that the thus displaced tissue is clamped fixedly between the clamping element moved to a clamping position and the cylindrical part.