ENDOVENOUS LASER TREATMENT GENERATING REDUCED BLOOD COAGULATION
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Jan 24, 2008
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Dec 18, 2006
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Oct 30, 2003
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This invention is an improved method and device for treating varicose veins 200 or the greater saphenous vein 202. The method comprises the use of infrared laser radiation in the region of 1.2 to 2.2 um in a manner from inside the vessel 200 or 202 such that the endothelial cells of the vessel wall 704 are damaged and collagen fibers in the vessel wall 704 are heated to the point where they permanently contract, the vessel 200 or 202 is occluded and ultimately resorbed. The device includes a laser 102 delivering laser energy via a fiber optic catheter 300. A motorized pull back device 104 may be used. The laser is preferably operated under laser energy delivery conditions that substantially prevent the formation of coagulum on the energy emitting tip of the fiber.
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