2008 News Releases

August 2008

• Cook Medical Announces Rapid Adoption of its Breakthrough EVOLUTION® Device Designed To Remove Faulty Pacemaker Leads
  August 26, 2008   Read full text »

March 2008

• Cook Medical Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Celect™ Vena Cava Filter and Günther Tulip™ Vena Cava Filter Retrieval Set
  March 19, 2008   Read full text »
• Cook Medical Announces the Launch and First Patient Enrollment of the REFORM Clinical Trial
  March 19, 2008   Read full text »

2007 News Releases

November 2007

• Cook Medical Launches EVOLUTION® for Lead Extraction
  November 30, 2007   Read full text »

July 2007

• Animal Studies Show Promising Therapeutic Dosing Results Using an Antisense Agent to Treat Heart Disease – Upcoming human studies could create potentially revolutionary new treatment for nation's top killer
  July 25, 2007   Read full text »
• U.S. Patients Treated with New Drug-Coated Stent – First international study of paclitaxel-coated stent for use outside the heart
  July 16, 2007   Read full text »
• First Patients Treated With New Drug-Coated Stent – Trial is first international study of paclitaxel-coated stent for use outside the heart
  July 11, 2007   Read full text »
• APPRAISAL Phase II Clinical Trial for Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Announces Completion of Patient Enrollment
  July 9, 2007   Read full text »

March 2007

• Breakthrough Clinical Results Reveal Extended Retrieval Times for Cook Medical’s Günther Tulip™ Vena Cava Filter
  March 29, 2007   Read full text »
• Cook Medical Introduces the MiraFlex™ Microcatheter
  March 22, 2007   Read full text »
• Cook Vascular Launches BULLDOG™ Lead Extender
  March 19, 2007   Read full text »
• Cook Medical’s Zilver Stent Approved for Vascular Use In Canada
  March 1, 2007   Read full text »

January 2007

• First International Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Peripheral Artery Stent Results Encouraging
  January 30, 2007   Read full text »

2006 News Releases

August 2006

• Cook’s Celect™ Vena Cava Filter Successfully Implanted in First North American Patient
  August 21, 2006   Read full text »

July 2006

• Cook Zilver Stent Receives FDA Approval for Vascular Use
  July 5, 2006   Read full text »

March 2006

• Cook Launches World’s First MRI-Compliant Embolization Coil at Society for Interventional Radiologists Annual Meeting
  March 29, 2006   Read full text »
• Cook Canada Receives Approval for Next-Generation Celect™ Vena Cava Filter
  March 14, 2006   Read full text »
• AVI BioPharma and Cook Group Enter into License Agreement to Develop NEUGENE Drugs for Vascular Diseases
  March 13, 2006   Read full text »
• Cardica Receives Milestone Payment From Cook For X-Port Vascular Access Closure Device Collaboration
  March 8, 2006   Read full text »
• Medical Team Successfully Retrieves Cook Inc.’s Newest Generation Vena Cava Filter From Patient After 62 Days
  March 6, 2006   Read full text »

2005 News Releases

November 2005

• Cook Launches New Angioplasty Balloon Catheter With Advanced Features
  November 29, 2005   Read full text »
• Cook Successfully Treats First Patient With New Generation Retrievable Vena Cava Filter
  November 29, 2005   Read full text »

October 2005

• Cook Launches Web Site for Patients Seeking Information About Peripheral Arterial Disease
  October 6, 2005   Read full text »

July 2005

• Two Patients Treated in First International Case Testing Drug-Eluting Stents To Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease
  July 11, 2005   Read full text »

May 2005

• Cook To Begin First International Trial of a Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent for Peripheral Artery Disease: new treatment could benefit millions who suffer from seriously under-diagnosed disease
  May 3, 2005   Read full text »

March 2005

• First U.S. Drug-Eluting Stent Trial To Treat Peripheral Arterial Disease Enrolls First Patient At Stanford University Medical Center: New treatment could benefit millions who suffer from seriously under-diagnosed disease
  March 23, 2005   Read full text »

2004 News Releases

November 2004

• Cook Incorporated Launches Two Product Innovations at VEITH Symposium
  November 18, 2004   Read full text »

September 2004

• Cook and Angiotech Restructure License Agreement: Cook to Focus on Developing Paclitaxel-Eluting Medical Devices
  for Peripheral (Non-Coronary) Market
  September 24, 2004   Read full text »

July 2004

• Cook Incorporated To Begin First U.S. Clinical Trial Of A Drug-Eluting Non-Coronary Stent
  July 28, 2004   Read full text »

April 2004

• Cook Incorporated Begins U.S. Clinical Trial Of Zenith® TX2™ THORACIC Aortic Aneurysm Endograft
  April 12, 2004   Read full text »

January 2004

• Cook Incorporated Introduces Its Zilver 518 Biliary Stent
  January 19, 2004   Read full text »

2003 News Releases

November 2003

• Cook Incorporated Launches Retrievable Günther Tulip™ Vena Cava Filter At 2003 VEITH Symposium
  November 19, 2003   Read full text »
• Günther Tulip™ Vena Cava Filter From Cook Incorporated Receives FDA Clearance For Retrievability
  November 10, 2003   Read full text »

April 2003

• Cook Incorporated Signs Expanded Contract With Novation for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Devices
  April 3, 2003   Read full text »

March 2003

• Cook Incorporated Signs Agreement To Sell Diagnostic and Interventional Products to HPG Members
  March 11, 2003   Read full text »

2002 News Releases

October 2002

• Premier Signs Two-Year Agreement With Cook Incorporated for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Products
  October 1, 2002   Read full text »

September 2002

• Cook Wins Approval To Sell Second Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent In Europe
  September 5, 2002   Read full text »
• Cook Incorporated's ACHIEVE™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent Receives First CE Mark Approval For Sale In Europe
  September 3, 2002   Read full text »

August 2002

• Cook Incorporated Receives FDA Clearance For Investigational Use Of Zilver® Vascular Stent
  August 15, 2002   Read full text »

June 2002

• Cook Incorporated To Appeal Federal Court Ruling Against Selling Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents Through A Third-Party Distributor
  June 13, 2002   Read full text »

May 2002

• 12-Month ELUTES Data Confirm Positive Results of Higher Dosage Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stents In Inhibiting Restenosis
  May 23, 2002   Read full text »
• Two Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stents From Cook Incorporated Enter New Advanced Trials In Europe
  May 8, 2002   Read full text »

March 2002

• Cook Incorporated To Consolidate Its U.S. Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Program to Support the ACHIEVE Stent
  March 12, 2002   Read full text »