US Patent Issued to CRH Medical on July 8 for "Elastic band ligation device with anti-pinch feature and method for treatment of hemorrhoids" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,915, issued on July 8, was assigned to CRH Medical Corp. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Elastic band ligation device with anti-pinch feature and method for treatment of hemorrhoids" was invented by David Chotenovsky (Barrie, Canada) and Mitchel Guttenplan (Roswell, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic band ligation device for treatment of hemorrhoids including an inner tubular member for retaining a stretched elastic band over the front end thereof, a plunger in the tubular member with a handle extending away from the front end of the inner tubular member, the handle for sliding the plunger away from the rear end of the inner tubular ...