Bloomington, Ind., October 5, 2009 — Continuing to drive innovation in endourology, Cook Medical will feature a series of product demonstrations and interactive presentations with a special emphasis on kidney stone management solutions, including the LMA Stonebreaker and Holmium Lasers at the 27^th Annual World Congress on Endourology and SWL (shock wave lithotripsy) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Munich, Germany from 6-10 October.

“Cook is continually looking for opportunities to engage with and educate its physician community,” said Jerry French, senior vice president and global strategic business leader for Cook Medical's urology division. “WCE presents an excellent platform for us to connect with this group. Our goal is to provide visiting physicians from across the globe with new information on products and techniques that will enable them to improve the care they provide to patients.”

For live updates from the World Congress, follow Cook Urology on Twitter at twitter.com/cookuro.

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Cook Medical helped invent and popularize interventional medicine, pioneering many of the devices now commonly used worldwide to perform minimally invasive medical procedures throughout the body's vascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, urological and OB/GYN pathways. Today, the company integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy and biotech to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes in the fields of aortic intervention; interventional radiology; critical care medicine; gastroenterology; peripheral vascular medicine; bone access and oncology; interventional cardiology; general surgery and soft tissue repair; urology; and assisted reproductive technology, gynecology and high-risk obstetrics. Founded in 1963, Cook Medical operates as a family-held private corporation focused on providing superior patient outcomes while reducing health care delivery costs. For more information, visit www.cookmedical.com. You may sign up to follow Cook Medical on Twitter at http.www.twitter.com/cookmedicalpr.