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Single pull wire multiple band ligator

  • US 6,235,040 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/1998
  • Issued: 05/22/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A ligating band dispenser, comprising:

  • a substantially cylindrical first support surface capable of holding a plurality of first ligating bands, the first support surface having a first channel extending substantially axially therethrough, wherein a plurality of first slots extend away from a distal end of the first support surface through at least a portion of the first support surface; and

    a pull line having a plurality of first abutting portions, each of the first abutting portions having a diameter greater than a diameter of the pull line, the first abutting portions defining a plurality of first segments therebetween, wherein the pull line extends through the first slots with each of the first abutting portions being retained within the first channel by contact with a corresponding one of the first slots and wherein each of the first segments loops around a corresponding one of the first ligating bands.

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