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Slidable kit for endoscopic ligation

US5507797A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1994
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2017/12018
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A slidable kit for endoscopic ligation of gastric and esophageal varices comprises an endoscope-inserting cylinder and a ligating device coaxially and integrally secured to the endoscope-inserting cylinder, where the ligating device is in such a structure that a slide cylinder having an annular rib on the outer periphery at the rearward end is inserted into an outer cylinder having an annular rib on the inner periphery at the forward end; an inner cylinder is inserted into the slide cylinder; the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are integrated together at the rearward ends and firmly secured to the forward end of the endoscope-inserting cylinder; an elastic O ring is mounted on the outer periphery at the forward end of the inner cylinder; a seal ring is provided at the rearward end of the slide cylinder, thereby keeping an annular space between the outer cylinder, the inner cylinder and the slide cylinder hermetic; the slide cylinder is slidable forwards by a liquid introduced into the annular space through the tube to push and release the elastic O ring, thereby ligating a varix sucked in the inner cylinder, can overcome problems of the conventional kit for endoscopic ligatio…

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