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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2017
Logan Medical Devices, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Dennis I. Robbins, Dallas, TX (US);
David H. Hitt, Dallas, TX (US);
Logan Medical Devices, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A rectal band ligation device and a method of operating the band ligation device. In one embodiment, the band ligation 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 openings in the head, (4) hollow pistons located in the openings and configured to move relative thereto between an extended position in which ends of the pistons are exposed through the openings and a retracted position, gaps between corresponding openings and hollow pistons being less than cross-sectional widths of elastic members stretched around the ends and (5) an actuating rod coupling the trigger and the pistons and configured to cause the pistons to move from the extended position to the retracted position.