| 摘要 |
The disclosure relates to the use of subcutaneous illumination during phlebectomy procedures, and to devices and methods for performing hook phlebectomy while visualizing veins and surrounding tissue using light emitted subcutaneously and beneath the surgical area. An apparatus comprises, in one embodiment, a handle, an illuminator portion extending distally from the handle, the illuminator portion comprising an elongate member configured for insertion into subcutaneous tissue, the illuminator portion comprising an elongate electroluminescent device extending along the illuminator portion, the electroluminescent device being configured to generate and emit light primarily in a generally radial direction, outward and away from a longitudinal axis of the illuminator portion. Furthermore, a phlebectomy hook is provided that comprises, in one embodiment, a shaft, a bend extending generally laterally from the shaft, the bend terminating in a tip of the phlebectomy hook, and an illuminator, the illuminator configured to propagate a visible light beam near the bend, generally outward relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft.
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