2008 News Releases
January 2008
- Cook Medical Begins Patient Enrollment in STABLE Aortic Dissection Trial
January 22, 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 Launches Online Destination To Educate Physicians and Patients on a Leading Form of Erectile Dysfunction
January 31, 2008 Read full text »
February 2008
- Cook Medical Applauds Study from New England Journal of Medicine Reporting High Success Rates of Endovascular Aortic Repair
February 1, 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 Pharmica Announces $80 Million Capability Expansion
February 6, 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 Medical Names Phil Nowell Global Director, Aortic Intervention
February 8, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Enrolls First U.S. Patient in STABLE Aortic Dissection Trial
February 11, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Introduces Umbilical Hernia Graft Designed to Fit Individual Patient Anatomies
February 11, 2008 Read full text » - 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 »
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 » - Cook Incorporated Wins Judgment In Patent Infringement Suit Filed By Edwards
March 20, 2008 Read full text » - 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 »
April 2008
- Minocycline/Rifampin Catheters Shown To Reduce Microbial Resistance
April 28, 2008 Read full text » - Endourologists Now Have a New Category of Device for Stone Extraction to Help Render Patients Free from Kidney Stones and Stones in the Urinary Tract
April 30, 2008 Read full text »
May 2008
- Cook Medical Launches EVOLUTION®- Shortie Mechanical Dilator Sheath Set for Vessel Access Associated with Lead Extraction
May 14, 2008 Read full text » - Foothills Medical Centre Adopts Newest Technology for the Removal of Pacemaker Leads
May 16, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Receives FDA Approval for Advanced Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Endovascular Graft
May 23, 2008 Read full text » - Eighth Annual MADRI Conference to Address the Treatment and Prevention of Medical Device-Related Infections
May 27, 2008 Read full text »
June 2008
- Cook Medical Announces First-In-Man Use of Next Generation Aortic Aneurysm Endograft and Delivery System
June 3, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of Evolution® Controlled Release Esophageal Stent System
June 9, 2008 Read full text » - Eighth Annual MADRI Conference Promotes Discussion on Preventing Medical Device-Related Infections
June 10, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Enters Coronary Stent Market in Europe with New CoCr Stent
June 16, 2008 Read full text » - Interim Results for the Zilver® PTX™ Clinical Study from Cook Medical Show Promise for Improving the Treatment of Blockages in the Femoropopliteal Artery
June 17, 2008 Read full text » - HealthTrust Purchasing Group Signs Contracts with Cook Medical
June 18, 2008 Read full text »
July 2008
- Cook Medical Announces Launch of Innovative New Iliac Legs: Zenith® AAA Flex Legs
July 14, 2008 Read full text »
August 2008
- Cook Medical Receives FDA Approval to Market Improved Zenith® AAA Iliac Flex Legs and Z-Trak™ Introduction System
August 4, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Drives Discussion on Peyronie's Disease with New Resources on MensHealthPD.com
August 12, 2008 Read full text » - Manchester Royal Infirmary Performs the World's 1000th Endovascular Aorto-Iliac Aneurysm Repair Using the Zenith® Branch Iliac Endovascular Graft
August 19, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Announces the First Placement of Innovative Zenith® AAA Iliac Flex Legs in the UK
August 26, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Announces Rapid Adoption of its Breakthrough EVOLUTION® Device Designed To Remove Faulty Pacemaker Leads
August 26, 2008 Read full text »
September 2008
- Cook Medical Completes Enrollment in First International Trial of First-of-Its-Kind Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent
September 10, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Evolves Percutaneous Tracheostomy Procedures with the Launch of Ciaglia Blue Dolphin—The World's First One-Step Percutaneous Tracheostomy Device
September 11, 2008 Read full text » - Greg MacMichael, Ph.D., joins Cook Pharmica as Vice President of Development, CSO
September 22, 2008 Read full text »
October 2008
- Key Findings from Unique Sex and Gender Symposium Help Advance the Development of Sex-Specific Medical Technology for Treating Vascular Diseases
October 1, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Launches New Generation of Advanced Biodesign Technology for Treatment of Hernia Repair and Other Soft Tissue Repair Procedures
October 14, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Announces the North American Launch of Advance® 18LP PTA Balloon Dilatation Catheter
October 20, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Receives CE Mark Approval for MiraFlex™ High Flow Microcatheter
October 22, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Brings Power Injection Capability of Contrast Media to Spectrum® Antimicrobial Central Venous Catheter Line
October 28, 2008 Read full text » - Local Volunteers in Medicine Clinic To Receive New Medical Facility
October 30, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Introduces Ciaglia Blue Dolphin™ Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy Device
October 30, 2008 Read full text »
November 2008
- Next Generation, Radically Smaller Aortic Aneurysm Endograft and Delivery System From Cook Medical Submitted For Clinical Trial Approval
November 6, 2008 Read full text » - Global Therapeutics Initiates Trial of Next Generation Drug-Eluting Stent Using RNA Therapeutic Agent to Treat Coronary Artery Disease
November 10, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Group To Renovate Downtown Canton Buildings
November 14, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical's Aortic Intervention Division Builds On Success With Innovative, New Minimally Invasive Treatments for Aortic Diseases
November 20, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Receives Conditional Approval from FDA to Begin Clinical Trial for Zenith® Low Profile AAA Endovascular Graft
November 20, 2008 Read full text »
December 2008
- Cook Medical Improves Patient Care and Changes Economics for Healthcare Providers with Field-Proven Resonance® Metallic Ureteral Stent
December 2, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Medical Brings New Beginning to Canton
December 11, 2008 Read full text » - Cook Incorporated, A Division of Cook Medical, Names Aimee Hawkins-Mungle Vice President of Administrative Services and Payroll
December 16, 2008 Read full text »
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