Vascular access and navigation

Complete range of access and navigation tools for vascular interventions

Vascular Access

What is vascular access?

All endovascular procedures start with a needle, wire guide, catheter, and introducer. These products provide access to blood vessels to diagnose and treat vascular conditions using minimally invasive procedures.

Our vascular access portfolio offers a comprehensive suite of products designed to support procedures across all of Cook’s vascular specialties. With a focus on innovation, our products have a far-reaching impact on physicians and their patients. This guide gives you a single resource to all our vascular access devices.

Our extensive portfolio

Cook Medical provides comprehensive solutions designed for every stage in vascular procedures. From access sets and wire guides to introducers and catheters, our products ensure reliable and precise access, enabling optimal outcomes. This chart clearly illustrates that Cook Medical’s full spectrum of tools is unmatched, highlighting our commitment to offering the most complete portfolio for vascular interventions.

See the full picture:

	Cook Medical	Merit Medical	AngioDynamics	Terumo	Cordis
Needles/Micropuncture®
Dilators
Catheters
Wire Guides
Introducers
PTA Balloons
Drug-Eluting Stents
Aortic Stent Grafts
Embolization
Self-Expanding Stents
IVC Filters
Drainage

= Full Coverage = Partial Coverage = Minimal/No Coverage

Stay up to date with the latest announcements in access

Product Launch

Beacon® Tip Sizing Catheter

Beacon® Tip Sizing Catheter launches in the US and Canada

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Product Launch

Slip-Cath® catheter

Slip-Cath® catheter launches in the US

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Case Study

A second chance by using a retrograde approach

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History

Throughout our history, Cook Medical has pioneered some of the first access sets, wire guides, catheters, and introducers. We continue to expand our portfolio to support clinicians and adapt to changing procedural techniques. We strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide; our vascular access portfolio provides the support and solutions you need. Explore our range of products shaping the future of vascular care in the timeline below.

Our foundation of gaining access

1960s

Invented first PTFE-coated wire guide.

1960s

Working in collaboration with Dr. Charles Dotter, the Dotter Coaxial Dilatation Set was the first peripheral angioplasty device.

1960s

Cook is the first manufacturer to introduce safety wire construction and the patented Safe-T-J® Wire Guide

1960s

Cook offered the first longer-tapered mandril wire guide, improving the transition from a stiffer shaft to a flexible tip.

1960s

Cook developed the first double flexible-tipped wire guide, combining a straight flexible tip and a ”J” shaped flexible tip.

1970s

In collaboration with Dr. Kurt Amplatz, Cook was first to offer a heparin-coated wire guide.

1970s

Cook worked with Dr. Charles Dotter to develop the first balloon-type design for angioplasty procedures.

1970s

The Peel-away® Introducer was the first product to facilitate percutaneous placement of devices that were previously implanted via surgical cutdown procedures.

1980s

Cook was first to develop the Cope Mandril wire guide, a small-diameter wire guide that increases proximal rigidity.

1980s

To reduce friction, Cook was first to develop the Tefcor movable core wire guide.

1980s

A collaboration with Dr. Stan Cope brought about the Cope Type Loop and Cope Introducer, bringing innovation to nonvascular access and drainage catheter technology.

1980s

Cook was first to develop the tapered Tefcor™ movable core wire guide, which provides gradual flexible tip transition in a movable core wire guide.

1980s

Cook worked with Dr. Stan Cope to create and introduce Micropuncture® Access Sets, a technology that redefined vascular access.

1990s

The Lunderquist® Extra-Stiff Wire Guide was created for complex diagnostic and interventional procedures where increased body, flexibility, and low surface friction of the wire guide are needed.

1990s

Flexor® Introducer technology was a major advancement in introducer technology that supported the evolution of more complex procedures.

1990s

Cook was the first to introduce hydrophilic-coated dilators to be used for dilating puncture sites or catheter tracts.

2000s

The Coda® Balloon Catheter is the first balloon catheter available that is indicated for the temporary occlusion of large vessels and for graft molding.

2010s