Hemostatic device for anal surgery

Claim 1

AN ANAL COMPRESSION CATHETER FOR POST-OPERATIVE USE IN ANO-RECTAL SURGERY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED LUMEN OF COMPLIANT MATERIAL OF THE CLASS OF RUBBER AND HAVING A LEADING INLET END AND A TRAILING DISCHARGE END, AND FURTHER HAVING A PAIR OF CIRCUMAMBIENT, INDEPENDENTLY INFLATABLE CUFFS JOINED THERETO IN AXIALLY-SPACED JUXTAPOSITION SEPARATED BY A SHORT ANAL BRIDGING SPAN OF THE LUMEN WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE LENGTH OF THE ANAL CANAL AND SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF FURTHER EXTERNAL CONNECTION OF THE CUFFS, A FIRST ONE OF SAID CUFFS TERMINATING IN SMOOTHLYMERGING CONFLUENCE WITH THE PERIPHERAL MARGINS OF SAID LEADING END AT THE INLET TO THE LUMEN, SAID INLET END BEING FULLY VENTED TO PRESENT A WIDE MOUTH OPENING HAVING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE LUMEN ITSELF, THE SECOND ONE OF SAID CUFFS BEING INWARD ALONG THE AXIS OF THE LUMEN FROM THE OPPOSITE DISCHARGE END THEREOF, AND SEPARATE DUCT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH EACH CUFF FROM LOCATIONS INTERNAL OF THE LUMEN AND RESPECTIVELY EMERGING FROM THE LUMEN IN THE DISCHARGE END PORTION THEREOF, THE TRAILING DISCHARGE END PORTION BEING OF SHORTER LENGTH THAN THE PORTION BEARING THE CUFFS.