A sterile hand-held surgical instrument designed to manually excise (strip by stab avulsion) a length or section of a vein from a patient, typically varicose veins [superficial dilated tortuous veins especially of the legs (greater saphenous veins)]. It is typically designed as: 1) a flexible stainless steel cable with a stripping cup or disk (commonly known as an olive) attached to one end, and a handle at the other (some types can employ a guide tip); or 2) a rigid or semi-rigid rod terminating in a closed ring or loop (also known as a ring stripper). This is a single-use device.