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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Applicants:
United States Endoscopy Group, Inc., Mentor, OH (US);
Melissa Clark, Clemmons, NC (US);
Fritz Haller, Clemmons, NC (US);
Inventors:
Melissa Clark, Clemmons, NC (US);
Fritz Haller, Clemmons, NC (US);
Assignee:
UNITED STATES ENDOSCOPY GROUP, INC., Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12009 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00858 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ligation bands are provided having improved compression and anti-slip properties. For example, a ligation band can be provide with a substantially ring-shaped elastic body that has a first tissue-contacting surface, a second tissue-contacting surface opposite the first tissue-contacting surface, and an aperture that extends therethrough. At least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces can have a plurality of protrusions that define an interlinking web-pattern with a plurality of recesses.