Bobbie Johnson couldn’t stand her 62-year-old legs. They were covered with ropelike varicose veins and they ached. But the retired nurse feared the usual treatment, called vein-stripping, in which ...

Covidien and VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. announced that Covidien has reached a definitive agreement to acquire VNUS, a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive treatment of venous ...

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rowena Cheng, RN, has spent most of her 34-year career on her feet. Standing for long periods of time comes with the job of being a nurse. For Cheng, however, it ...

The patent infringement lawsuit brought by VNUS against three endovenous laser competitors, Diomed, AngioDynamics and Vascular Solutions, had been scheduled to go to trial on June 23. On March 14, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the time it would have taken Jeff Sorensen to go out to lunch, the discomfort and swelling caused by his varicose veins was safely and painlessly treated at a Maitland, Fla., ...

Since her early 20s, Marga Reddy suffered with from varicose veins. The 58-year-old Hingham nurse says she watched her legs worsened until recently when they began to ache every day. Three years ago, ...

Covidien, a leading global healthcare products company, has announced the launch of their latest globally renowned minimally invasive medical technology to treat painful varicose veins in India - VNUS ...

For sufferers of varicose veins and venous reflux disease, a new option other than traditional vein stripping is available. General and vascular surgeon Alfonso Cordoba performs the VNUS closure ...

Varicose veins are not just an unattractive nuisance. Left untreated, they also can lead to throbbing pain, swelling, leg fatigue and even ulceration. However, there is a solution to this common ...