Abstract: An instrument for use in the treatment of prolapsed hemorrhoids by applying a purse-string suture includes a tube, which has a distal end, with which it can be inserted forward into the rectum of a patient. The tube also has an open proximal end and a shell wall encompassing an inner hollow space and is provided with an elongated opening. The opening extends in the axial direction of the tube from a distal end to a proximal end. The instrument also includes a closure device, which in a closing position closes the opening and by which the opening can be successively exposed from the distal to the proximal end.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A device for endoscopic or laparoscopic application of surgical material has a hand grip 1 and a shaft 2 surrounded by a movable tube 3, at a end of which shaft 2 there is a closure for an appliance for securing the wound-healing or wound-sealing material or a surgical instrument. The closure has two branches 6 which are of different lengths and are connected in a U-shape, a notch 7 being provided on the longer branch. An a raised portion 8 is provided on the appliance for securing the wound-healing or wound-sealing material or on the surgical material, which raised portion 8 can be inserted with an exact fit into the notch in the longer branch.