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Device for protecting hemorrhoids

  • US 9,872,788 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2012
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for reducing pain, bleeding and/or distension of hemorrhoids during defecation and optionally straining, comprising:

  • (a) a C-shaped discontinuous toroidal balloon configured for anchoring within a lower rectum of a subject when inflated, wherein ends of said balloon are attached via an elastic element capable of elastically stretching when fecal matter transmits through the discontinuous toroidal balloon; and

    (b) a tubular mesh structure being elastic along a radial axis thereof, said tubular mesh structure being attached to said balloon when inflated and being for extending through said anal canal;

    wherein said balloon and attached tubular mesh structure define a passageway through the device when said balloon is anchored within said lower rectum, said balloon and said tubular mesh structure being radially expandable during defecation when fecal matter is conducted therethrough.

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