Patent ID: 8109952

Claim:
A method of treating at least one superficial varicose vein in a body region, the method comprising: (a) forming an incision in a skin layer adjacent to the body region; (b) inserting, through said incision and adjacent to the outside of the at least one varicose vein, a surgical instrument having a housing configured with a plurality of vein-engaging elements configured to engage one or more veins from a location adjacent to an outside surface of the veins, whereby the vein-engaging elements protrude at a length of said housing; (c) engaging, from the adjacent location, the outside of at least one of the at least one vein with said surgical instrument; (d) rotating said surgical instrument about its longitudinal axis; and (e) removing said surgical instrument, thereby treating the at least one superficial varicose vein in the body region.