Varicose Vein Treatment Technologies

Radiofrequency Endovenous Ablation (RFA)

This technology was invented in 1999 to destroy a bad vein with intense heat delivered inside of the vein. This is one of two thermal ablation methods (the other being laser) FDA approved and have replaced vein stripping. The technology has gone through several upgrades for the better.  RFA is most simply described as intense electrical heat, like uncoiling an element on a stove and putting it inside a bad vein and turning it on. Numbing shots are required to avoid feeling the intense heat. The treated vein is not removed, but is rendered ineffective by heat destruction and then the body slowly reabsorbs it over several months.
Venlose Varicose Vein Treatment

Restore healthy blood flow

For patients with venous disease, the VENCLOSE™ RF Ablation System is the latest treatment option using the current standard of care, endovenous radiofrequency (RF) ablation.

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VenaSeal Glue Closure

VenaSeal is offering patients the freedom of relief from the varicose veins issues and the ability to resume their normal activities immediately. It is an FDA approved non-thermal closure technique, and as such, there is usually only one numbing shot needed and no requirement for wearing compression hose after.

VenaSeal involves placing a catheter in the bad trunk vein, then delivering a patented proprietary cyanoacrylate (“superglue”) through the tip of the catheter incrementally and applying pressure to seal each segment of the vein. The catheter is withdrawn further as more glue is instilled and pressure applied to close the next segment of vein. The glue causes the vein to close and eventually scar. Long-term published data confirm VenaSeal is as effective as the thermal closure techniques and patient satisfaction is high.

Venaseal Varicose Vein Treatment

Varicose Vein treatment and relief with no down time!

The VenaSeal™ system delivers a small amount of a specially formulated medical adhesive to seal — or close — the diseased vein, rerouting blood to nearby healthy veins, which provides symptom relief.

Varithena Varicose Vein Treatment

Convenient, nonsurgical and nearly painless!

Varithena is an FDA approved treatment for chronic venous insufficiency. See how Varithena works within the vein, from injection of the foam, to how the foam destroys the endothelial lining of the vein, to the way it safely leaves the vein.

Endovenous Laser Ablation (EVLA)

EVLA is one of the two cornerstone thermal ablation methods that replaced the vein stripping procedure. EVLA was invented in 2000, is FDA approved, and has been tweaked for the better through several generations of lasers. The heat at the laser tip (intense light energy) is slowly withdrawn through the length of the bad trunk vein, destroying it on the inside. Numbing shots are required to avoid feeling the intense heat. The bad segment of trunk vein is not removed at all (in contrast to prior stripping), but becomes non-functional when thermally destroyed, and the body slowly reabsorbs it over several months.