2008 News Releases
March 2008
- Cook Medical Advances Staple Line Reinforcement with Self-Adhesive Surgisis Biodesign
March 31, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Wins Injunction Against Competitor and Former Sales Representatives Over Violations of Employee Non-Compete Agreements
March 31, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Wins Judgment In Patent Infringement Suit Filed By Edwards
March 20, 2008 Read full text » - 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
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February 2008
- Cook Medical Launches Spectrum Glide™ To Combat Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections
February 28, 2008 Read full text » - MED Institute Unveils State-of-the-Art Research and Development Facility for Cook Medical
February 28, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica Names Fred Larimore, Ph.D., Vice President of Scientific Affairs, CSO
February 20, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Introduces Umbilical Hernia Graft Designed to Fit Individual Patient Anatomies
February 11, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Enrolls First U.S. Patient in STABLE Aortic Dissection Trial
February 11, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Phil Nowell Global Director, Aortic Intervention
February 8, 2008 Read full text » - First-of-its-Kind Summit Will Explore Sex and Gender-Based Factors Impacting Vascular Health
February 8, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica Announces $80 Million Capability Expansion
February 6, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Scott Dougall Vice President and North American Sales Leader
February 5, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Christina Anné Vice President for its Women’s Health Business Unit
February 5, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Dave Volz Vice President, Manufacturing Operations
February 5, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Applauds Study from New England Journal of Medicine Reporting High Success Rates of Endovascular Aortic Repair
February 1, 2008 Read full text »
January 2008
- Cook Medical Launches Online Destination To Educate Physicians and Patients on a Leading Form of Erectile Dysfunction
January 31, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Files IDE Application for Zenith Branch Vessel Graft with U.S. FDA
January 24, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Begins Patient Enrollment in STABLE Aortic Dissection Trial
January 22, 2008 Read full text »
2007 News Releases
November 2007
- Cook Medical Launches EVOLUTION® for Lead Extraction
November 30, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Biotech Incorporated To Be Featured on History Channel’s Modern Marvels
Cook Medical company recognized for revolutionary technology used to repair human tissues
November 26, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica Signs Agreement with Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals for the Transfer of its Clinical Manufacturing Process for Lead Hemophilia Compound
November 19, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical's Zenith Endograft Captures Leading Market Share Position in Endovascular Aortic Repair Global Market –Built on Patient-Focused Innovation, Company's Rapidly Growing Business Unit Drives Double-Digit Growth; Forecasts Point to Continued Momentum in 2008 and Beyond
November 15, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical Introduces the 36mm Diameter Zenith Renu® AAA Ancillary Graft at the 34th Annual VEITHsymposium
November 14, 2007 Read full text »
October 2007
- Research Indicates 86 Percent Success Rate for Anal Fistula Repair Utilizing Surgisis Biodesign™
October 8, 2007 Read full text »
September 2007
- Cook Medical Receives FDA Approval to Begin U.S. Phase I Clinical Trial for Cook Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System
September 24, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical and Cardica Sign Agreement to Expand Cook Vascular Closure Device Product Family
September 20, 2007 Read full text »
August 2007
- Surgisis® Biodesign™ for Pelvic Floor Repair Now Anatomically Shaped for More Accurate and Consistent Placement During Surgery – Surgisis Biodesign Grafts for Posterior and Anterior Repair Offer Permanent Repair Without A Leaving A Permanent Material In The Female Patient's Pelvis
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July 2007
- Cook Urology and Convergent Laser Technologies Forge Worldwide Marketing and Distribution Pact – Alliance Combines Cook's Strength in Urology with Convergent's High-Quality Holmium Laser Technology Used for Treating Kidney Stones
July 31, 2007 Read full text » - 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 » - Cook Medical and Gynecor™ Form Strategic Distribution Partnership Companies Join Forces to Provide Faster, Gentler Diagnostic Method for Endometrial Cancer Detection
July 10, 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 »
June 2007
- Cook Medical Introduces Devices to Naturally Prepare Pregnant Women for Labor Induction
June 26, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica Names Vice Presidents
June 15, 2007 Read full text »
May 2007
- Cook Medical Names Barry Thomas Vice President, Aortic Intervention
May 30, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical’s Women’s Health Division Experiences Record Growth
May 7, 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 Pharmica Named 2007 Facility of the Year Category Winner in Global Competition
March 15, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical’s Zilver Stent Approved for Vascular Use In Canada
March 1, 2007 Read full text »
February 2007
- Cook Urology Raises the Bar on Small Baskets
February 27, 2007 Read full text » - Bakri Postpartum Balloon Globally Acknowledged for Treatment of Postpartum Bleeding
February 20, 2007 Read full text »
January 2007
- First International Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Peripheral Artery Stent Results Encouraging
January 30, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica LLC Signs First Client
January 30, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names 30-Year Veteran April Lavender Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Cook Inc.
January 23, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Rob Lyles as Vice President
January 23, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Two New Directors
January 23, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Medical Names Ted Heise as Vice President of Regulatory Scientific Affairs
January 23, 2007 Read full text » - Cook Reports Preliminary Reimbursement for Endovascular AAA Repair in Japan
January 22, 2007 Read full text »
2006 News Releases
December 2006
- Cook Critical Care Introduces EchoTip™ Echogenic Needle to Improve Visibility
December 12, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Medical Announces CE Mark Approval for New Thoracic Z-Trak™ Plus Introduction System For Its Zenith® TX2 TAA Endovascular Graft
December 4, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Women’s Health Sponsors Fellowship at University of Calgary
December 1, 2006 Read full text »
November 2006
- Cook Incorporated Introduces Arndt Endobronchial Blocker with Replaceable Snare to Enhance Precise Placement
November 27, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Named 2006 Exporter of The Year and Ireland Life Sciences Exporter of The Year by Irish Exporters Association
November 25, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Endovascular Partners with International Society for Vascular Surgery to Develop Training Fellowships
November 13, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Introduces Its Airway Exchange Catheter with Soft Tip to Minimize Tracheal Trauma
November 7, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Honored as 2006 Medical Device Manufacturer of the Year by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry Magazine
November 3, 2006 Read full text » - Education resource launched for hospital-acquired infection prevention measures
November 1, 2006 Read full text »
October 2006
- Cook Incorporated Receives FDA Approval for Breakthrough Endovascular Graft
October 30, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Women’s Health Launches First Long-Team Benchtop Incubator
October 24, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Inc. Introduces Double-Lumen Chest Tube for Improved Pleural Drainage
October 23, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Biotech Remains Determined to Uphold Life Sciences Patent Rights
October 20, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Women’s Health Introduces Diagnostic Device for Chronic Pelvic Pain – A Problem Effecting Millions of Women
October 19, 2006 Read full text » - Cook’s Zenith Branch Endovascular Graft Receives CE Mark Approval
October 10, 2006 Read full text »
September 2006
- Research Indicates 94 Percent Success Rate for Pelvic Organ Repair Utilizing Surgisis® ES Biomaterial
September 25, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Surgical Reports Nearly 50% U.S. Sales Growth in First Half of 2006
September 12, 2006 Read full text »
August 2006
- Cook Biotech Resolve to Pursue Life Sciences Patent Infringement Case Against ACell Inc.
August 28, 2006 Read full text » - Cook’s Celect™ Vena Cava Filter Successfully Implanted in First North American Patient
August 21, 2006 Read full text » - Professor Maurice Stephan Michel Awarded the Arthur D. Smith Endourology Lectureship
August 18, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Improves the Treatment of Kidney Stones
August 15, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Launches Two New Devices to Improve Ureteral Access
August 15, 2006 Read full text » - Cook First to Bring Endovascular AAA Repair To Japan
August 7, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica LLC Reaches 100th Employee Milestone
August 7, 2006 Read full text »
July 2006
- FDA Clears Latest Version of Central Venous Catheter from Cook Incorporated
July 25, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Launches European Women’s Health Business Unit to Increase Quality of Life for Female Patients
July 18, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Zilver Stent Receives FDA Approval for Vascular Use
July 5, 2006 Read full text »
June 2006
- Growth in Cook Group Global Product Development and Clinical Trial Initiation Fuels Major Expansion of MED Institute
June 28, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Women’s Health Improves the Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
June 26, 2006 Read full text » - Global Leader in Assisted Reproductive Technology Introduces Breakthrough Products for Oocyte Cryopreservation
June 19, 2006 Read full text » - Emerging Urological Technologies Addressed at Cook VISTA™
June 5, 2006 Read full text »
May 2006
- Cook Features Surgisis ES: New Product for the Treatment of Penile Curvature
May 22, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Launches Women’s Health Business Unit To Increase Quality of Life for Female Patients
May 8, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Biotech Introduces A New Paradigm in the Treatment of Fistulas For The UK Medical Sector
May 4, 2006 Read full text »
April 2006
- Cook Inc.’s Zenith® Fenestrated Endograft Successfully Implanted in 1,000th Case to Treat Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
April 26, 2006 Read full text » - Leading Physicians Across Canada Join Cook in its Efforts to Educate MD’s on the Benefits of EVAR
April 12, 2006 Read full text » - Cook Announces Completion of the 100th Zenith Renu® Graft Registry Case To Treat AAA Patients with Migrating Aortic Endografts
April 2, 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 » - COOK Applauds and Confirms Data from the Journal of Vascular Surgery Reporting High Success Rates of Endovascular Aortic Repair
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 »
January 2006
- Cook Group Names 29-Year Veteran Jerry Williams Senior Vice President, Physician and Institutional Relations for Cook Medical Inc.
January 17, 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 Pharmica finishes construction on $70 million biotech plant: Pharmica anticipates employing hundreds in years to come
October 28, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Offers First Fenestrated Endograft With CE Mark Approval For Complex Aortic Aneurysms
October 25, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Launches Web Site for Patients Seeking Information About Peripheral Arterial Disease
October 6, 2005 Read full text »
September 2005
- Cook’s Spectrum antibiotic-impregnated pediatric catheter approved for sale in Europe
September 26, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Pharmica LLC Ahead of Schedule on Hiring Employees
September 26, 2005 Read full text »
August 2005
- Cook Inc. Launches First U.S. Device For Secondary Endovascular Intervention
August 18, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Inc. Names Connie Jackson Vice President, Human Resources
August 11, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Offers First Fenestrated Endograft With CE Mark Approval For Complex Aortic Aneurysms
August 8, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Group Names New Vice President-Chief Information Officer and New President for Cook Urological
August 4, 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 » - Federal jury rules against ACell and for Cook Biotech and Purdue Research Foundation in patent infringement verdict
July 11, 2005 Read full text »
June 2005
- Cook applauds new Dutch study supporting endovascular repair as effective long-term option for aneurysm patients
June 10, 2005 Read full text »
May 2005
- Experimental COOK Device Successfully Treats Australian Patient With Torn Aorta
May 31, 2005 Read full text » - 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 »
April 2005
- FDA Clears First Medical Device For Fistula Repair
April 28, 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 »
February 2005
- Cook Inc. Applauds the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force For Recommending Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening
February 3, 2005 Read full text »
January 2005
- Cook Incorporated Continues to Revolutionize Endovascular Aortic Repair Procedure
January 25, 2005 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Announces Implant of Zenith TX2 Endovascular Graft at ISET 2005: Graft In Clinical Trials for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair
January 19, 2005 Read full text » - First Fenestrated Endograft in Cook Inc.'s Study of Advanced Treatment for Aortic Aneurysms Is Implanted In U.S.
January 7, 2005 Read full text »
2004 News Releases
November 2004
- Cook Launches Comprehensive Practice Kit Specifically Designed to Support Physicians in AAA Diagnostic and Treatment Services
November 18, 2004 Read full text » - 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 » - Cook Biotech "Marches In" to New Expansion
September 9, 2004 Read full text »
August 2004
- FDA Clears New Hydrophilic Antimicrobial Catheter From Cook Critical Care For U.S. Sales
August 31, 2004 Read full text » - Cook Biotech's biomaterial used in separation of Filipino conjoined twins
August 30, 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 » - Cook Incorporated To Begin First U.S. Clinical Investigation Of A Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft
July 14, 2004 Read full text »
June 2004
- New Data Shows Cook Incorporated's Zenith® AAA Endovascular Graft Demonstrates Superior Stability and Effectiveness Over Two Years
June 7, 2004 Read full text » - FDA Approves Next-Generation Zenith FLEX™ Advanced AAA Endograft From Cook Incorporated
June 3, 2004 Read full text »
April 2004
- Cook Group Teams With State and Local Officials To Develop New Biopharmaceutical Plant in Bloomington
April 16, 2004 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Begins U.S. Clinical Trial Of Zenith® TX2™ THORACIC Aortic Aneurysm Endograft
April 12, 2004 Read full text » - Cook Biotech donates biomaterial to help wounded children in Afghanistan
April 8, 2004 Read full text »
January 2004
- Cook Incorporated Introduces Its Zilver 518 Biliary Stent
January 19, 2004 Read full text »
2003 News Releases
December 2003
- Andy Cron Named Vice President of Cook Incorporated's Surgical Division
December 23, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Receives FDA Approval For Clinical Investigation Of Zenith TX2 Thoracic Aneurysm Graft
December 9, 2003 Read full text » - FDA Clears Durasis® Dural Substitute from Cook Biotech for U.S. Sales
December 3, 2003 Read full text »
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 »
October 2003
- Scott Todd Named National Accounts Manager For Cook Incorporated
October 30, 2003 Read full text »
August 2003
- Cook Biotech Launches New Websites
August 27, 2003 Read full text » - Cohen Tip Deflecting Endobronchial Blocker Available From Cook Critical Care
August 26, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Group Incorporated Signs Three-Year Supply Contract With MedAssets HSCA
August 19, 2003 Read full text »
July 2003
- Cook Incorporated To Recruit New Hourly Employees At Job Fair on July 29
July 23, 2003 Read full text »
June 2003
- Zenith® AAA Endovascular Graft From Cook Incorporated Available for U.S. Sales
June 11, 2003 Read full text »
May 2003
- FDA Clears Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft From Cook Incorporated For U.S. Sales
May 27, 2003 Read full text » - New Endobiliary Stent From Cook Surgical Eliminates Need for External Drains
May 8, 2003 Read full text » - New Cook Biotech Expansion Will Benefit Bloomington Area
May 6, 2003 Read full text »
April 2003
- Dr. Charles McIntosh Joins Cook Incorporated As Chief Medical Science and Technology Officer
April 25, 2003 Read full text » - FDA Panel Unanimously Approves Cook's Zenith® AAA Endovascular Graft
April 10, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Signs Expanded Contract With Novation for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Devices
April 3, 2003 Read full text »
March 2003
- Important Notice - EAN Bar Code Implementation
March 25, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Introduces Mesh For Inguinal Hernia Repair
March 12, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Signs Agreement To Sell Diagnostic and Interventional Products to HPG Members
March 11, 2003 Read full text »
February 2003
- Cook Biotech Becomes an Educational Partner with the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the Engineering of Living Tissues
February 18, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Biotech and Purdue Research Foundation Settle Licensing Dispute Over Biomaterial Rights
February 6, 2003 Read full text »
January 2003
- Zenith® AAA Endovascular Graft Receives Approval For Canadian Market
January 29, 2003 Read full text » - Cook (Canada) Inc. Launches Stratasis® TF Pubourethral Sling
January 13, 2003 Read full text » - Cook Group Incorporated To Remain Privately Owned
January 2, 2003 Read full text »
2002 News Releases
December 2002
- Court Declines To Rule Out Cook's Purchase of Uncoated Guidant Stent Components
December 17, 2002 Read full text »
October 2002
- Cook Incorporated To Appeal Latest Court Ruling
October 2, 2002 Read full text » - 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 »
July 2002
- Cook Group Incorporated Agrees To A $3 Billion Acquisition Offer From Guidant Corporation
July 30, 2002 Read full text » - Cook Critical Care Introduces the Melker Cuffed Emergency Cricothyrotomy Set
July 22, 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 » - Cook Biotech Incorporated Sues Competitor Alleging Patent Infringement
June 12, 2002 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Seeks FDA Approval to Market Its Innovative Zenith™ AAA Endovascular Stent-Graft In U.S.
June 11, 2002 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Prevails In German Patent Nullification Case Filed By Boston Scientific
June 5, 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 »
April 2002
- New Corporate Accounts Director At Cook Group Expects To Build Upon Successes Landing Major Purchasing Accounts
April 29, 2002 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated Adds Medical Science Officer to Bolster Its Executive Leadership In Medical and Business Issues
April 25, 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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