1. A surgical instrument adapted to engage superficial varicose veins in a body from outside of the veins, comprising: at least one vein-engaging element, characterized by:
said at least one vein-engaging element being disposed within a housing adapted for insertion into a tissue;
said at least one vein-engaging element comprising a plurality of teeth shaped to enable vein engagement disposed along said vein-engaging element; and
said at least one vein-engaging element being operable to a vein-engaging state in which said plurality of teeth protrude from said housing along a length of said housing wherein said housing is fabricated from metal, rigid enough to support pivoting to any direction required in an incision, in order to engage a desired vein, and a portion of said rigid housing is configured to be manipulated by an operator.
2. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said housing includes at least one longitudinal slit disposed substantially along an entire length of the housing configured to allow said at least one vein-engaging element to assume said vein-engaging state.
3. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a state selector mechanism configured to press against said at least one vein-engaging element, thereby causing said at least one vein-engaging element to assume said vein-engaging state, and further comprising a locking mechanism for locking said surgical instrument in the vein-engaging state.
4. The surgical instrument according to claim 3, wherein said state selector mechanism includes an electrically powered mechanism for urging said at least one vein-engaging element to said vein-engaging state.
5. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said housing comprises a hollow tube and said at least one vein-engaging element is configured to be located within said hollow tube prior to assuming said vein-engaging state.
6. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said at least one vein-engaging element is configured to provide at least one of:
a) puncturing a vein;
b) engaging a vein;
c) tearing at least a portion of a vein;
d) ensnaring at least a portion of a vein;
e) wrapping at least a portion of a vein around said housing while rotating said housing along a longitudinal axis of said housing; and
f) severing a first portion of a vein from a second portion of a vein.
7. A surgical instrument for treatment of superficial varicose veins in a body comprising:
a pointed tip configured to be inserted into a tissue; and
at least one sharp vein-engaging element disposed along a housing being adapted for insertion into the tissue, whereby each of said at least one vein-engaging element protrudes from said housing at a length thereof, each of said at least one vein-engaging element being configured to engage the outside of at least one vein located in the tissue and being long enough to penetrate the wall of the vein.
8. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said at least one vein-engaging element comprises a plurality of vein engaging elements disposed substantially along the entire length of said housing.
9. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said at least one vein-engaging element comprises a plurality of sharp vein engaging elements, each of said plurality of vein engaging elements radially disposed around said housing.
10. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said at least one vein-engaging element is comprises at least one of:
a toothed vein engaging element; and
a hooked vein engaging element.
11. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said housing includes at least one longitudinal slit configured to allow said at least one vein-engaging element to assume said vein-engaging state.
12. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein at least a portion of said housing comprises a hollow tube and said at least one vein-engaging element is configured to be located within said hollow tube prior to assuming said vein-engaging state.
13. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, including at least one plurality of vein-engaging elements and at least two of said at least one plurality of vein-engaging elements are substantially rigidly coupled to one another.
14. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein said housing is substantially rigid and a portion of said rigid housing is configured to be manipulated by an operator.
15. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, each of said at least one vein-engaging element being operable to a non-deployed state whereby each of said at least one vein-engaging element is disposed entirely within said housing.
16. The surgical instrument according to claim 7, wherein each of said at least one vein-engaging element is operable to a vein-engaging state.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A decorative assembly for human teeth, comprising:
ornamental removable plates made of dentistry metal imbedded with personalized stone patterns secured in a specially designed frame.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metal frame has serpentine-shaped prongs in the upper portion of the frame.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein using horseshoe-shaped fastening brackets with groves to fit the serpentine-shaped prongs.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the serpentine-shaped prongs with center depressions or dimples protruding outward against the interior of the horseshoe-shaped fastening brackets.