Instrument for use in the treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids

摘要

An instrument for use in the treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids by applying a purse-string suture, comprises a tube ( 1 ), which has a distal end ( 2 ), with which it can be inserted forward into the rectum of a patient, an open proximal end ( 3 ) and a shell wall ( 5 ) encompassing an inner hollow space ( 4 ) and provided with an elongated opening ( 12 ), which extends in the axial direction of the tube ( 1 ) from a distal end ( 14 ) to a proximal end ( 13 ), and a closure device ( 15 ), which in a closing position closes the opening ( 12 ) and by which the opening ( 12 ) can be successively exposed from the distal to the proximal end. (FIG. 11 )