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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2018
Applicant:
V.v.t. Med Ltd., Kfar-Saba, IL;
Inventor:
Zeev Brandeis, Rosh HaAyin, IL;
Assignee:
V.V.T. Med Ltd., Kfar-Saba, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00008 (2013.01); A61B 17/3207 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00778 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320012 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320741 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for collapsing a target vein in a patient. The method comprises providing an intravascular irritation element having a plurality of mechanical irritating objects, inserting the intravascular irritation element into a venous lumen of a target vein, and irritating the target vein by moving the plurality of mechanical irritating objects in contact with the inner surface thereof, thereby triggering a collapse of the target vein.