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Method of treating veins

  • US 5,578,029 A
  • Filed: 02/08/1996
  • Issued: 11/26/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fiber optic probe for use in treating blood vessels under the skin comprising:

  • a hollow tubular member having a sharpened needle-shaped tip configured for piercing the skin thereby permitting the tubular member to be advanced along side of a blood vessel located under the skin; and

    an optical fiber supported within the tubular member, said optical fiber for transmitting laser radiation from an input end to a delivery end and wherein the delivery end terminates within the tubular member, said delivery end being configured to direct most of the laser radiation emitted therefrom along an axis transverse to said tubular member and towards said vessel.

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