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DEVICE CLEARS VEINS OF PLAQUE

December 19, 2005

It would be gross to watch if it weren't so interesting — and the results so amazing. It is the SilverHawk Plaque Excision System, a device analogous to the plumber's handy standby, "the snake." Like the efficient tool that cleans out home drains, the SilverHawk unclogs leg veins and can save the limb from amputation.
The El Paso Times