Well Health Unit Targets Rival Hemorrhoid Device With New Patent

The Snyder HemBand, a hemorrhoid-treatment device sold by MDE Medical LLC and Wilbur Hill LLC, infringes a newly issued patent covering ligation banding technology used in a Well Health Technologies Corp. subsidiary’s competing system, a federal lawsuit said.

Atlanta-based CRH Medical Corp. alleges the Snyder HemBand infringes US Patent No. 12,201,302, which was issued Jan. 21 and covers a medical tool that uses a small elastic rubber band to cut off blood flow to hemorrhoids, causing them to shrink and fall off, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. CRH ...