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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2018
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Nizar Zein, Beachwood, OH (US);
Shengqiang Gao, Beachwood, OH (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Tissue ligation devices and methods are provides to mechanically strangulate abnormal or undesirable tissue. Tissue ligation devices include a catheter having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of a standard endoscope channel such that the catheter can be inserted into the endoscope. Tissue ligation devices also include a ligation system with an expandable hood disposed located at the distal end of the catheter. A suture extends through a lumen of the catheter and has a distal loop portion exposed outside of the expandable hood.
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