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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter B Samuels, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606159 ;
Abstract
A surgical instrument and method for using it for invaginate stripping of vericose veins from the human body utilize an elongate flexible tube provided with a pair of perforations at its distal end. The perforations provide for delivery of vasodilator fluid from within the tube to the vein lumen to dilate constricted portions of the vein and allow the inverted portion of the vein to pass therethrough. The perforations also provide for the attachment of sutures to the instrument and for the attachment of a stripper head to the instrument when necessary to retrieve a vein that tears during invaginate stripping.