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 »
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