September 3rd, 2025

Cook Medical, a global medical device manufacturer, has announced a new collaboration to incorporate DuPont™ Tyvek® with Renewable Attribution into its medical device packaging. Together with Nelipak® Healthcare Packaging, an Authorized Converter of Tyvek® Healthcare Packaging products, Cook is taking…
August 28th, 2025

CAUTION - INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE. Limited by United States law to investigational use. Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical has enrolled the final patient in the global clinical study of the ZENITH® FENESTRATED+ Endovascular…
August 20th, 2025

CAUTION: Investigational Device. Limited by United States law to investigational use. Bloomington, Ind. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval…
August 17th, 2025
Bloomington, Ind. — Gayle Karch Cook, historical preservation activist and cofounder of the Cook companies alongside husband Bill Cook, passed away at 91 this morning. She is survived by her son Carl and daughter-in-law Marcy and their granddaughter, Eleanor. “Gayle’s spirit of…
August 15th, 2025

We are passionate about innovation in the supply chain industry. Our goal is to connect with and listen to healthcare professionals to identify unmet needs and use our expertise to imagine new solutions. For years, we have consistently heard that…
July 28th, 2025

Leveraging Cook's history of innovative medical devices in a new procedural setting Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical today announced the launch of its new Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (iMRI) division, marking a significant step forward in its commitment to transforming…
July 17th, 2025

Cook Medical has released its Social Impact & Sustainability Report for 2024, highlighting the company’s commitment to working sustainably and responsibly while fulfilling its purpose to improve the lives of everyone it serves. The report reflects on the achievements of Cook's teams across…
July 14th, 2025

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical’s Zenith® Iliac Branch Device (ZBIS) is now commercially available in the United States with FDA approval as an endovascular treatment option for aortoiliac or…
April 23rd, 2025

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical announced a collaboration with Mendaera™ Inc., a Silicon Valley-based healthcare technology company. The goal of this collaboration is to create cutting-edge solutions for needle-based interventions in urological procedures by combining Cook's market-leading needles with Mendaera's handheld…
April 3rd, 2025
Please join us as we highlight some of our leaders, learn about their experiences, and hear how they are talking about the positive changes we’re making to meet our vision of the future at Cook. Follow along for the full Meet…
March 27th, 2025

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent (DES) has lower rates of in-stent occlusions among patients with restenosis at three years than Boston Scientific’s Eluvia DES, according to real-world data from the REALDES study. The data, published by…
March 10th, 2025

Our mission stays the same, but at Cook, we’re relentlessly inventive and proactively adapting to the needs of physicians and patients. We previously shared three ways Cook is changing. Since then, we’ve made other significant advancements. Here are four more…
March 7th, 2025
Please join us as we highlight some of our leaders, learn about their experiences, and hear how they are talking about the positive changes we’re making to meet our vision of the future at Cook. Follow along for the full Meet…
March 7th, 2025

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical is now offering Magneto technology on the Quanta System 100W and 150W High Power Ho:YAG Laser Systems. Magneto technology allows physicians to perform a wider array of endourological procedures than ever before with one laser…
March 6th, 2025

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical’s Zenith Alpha® 2 Thoracic Endovascular Graft (ZTA2) is now commercially available throughout the United States. ZTA2 is the first aortic device on the market that has evolved to accommodate CO2 flushing and has an approved…
January 31st, 2025
Please join us as we highlight some of our leaders, learn about their experiences, and hear how they are talking about the positive changes we’re making to meet our vision of the future at Cook. Follow along for the full Meet…
November 22nd, 2024

Please join us as we highlight some of our leaders, learn about their experiences, and hear how they are talking about the positive changes we’re making to meet our vision of the future at Cook. Follow along for the full Meet…
November 18th, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Furthering their commitment to relentlessly delivering new products and services to address unmet customer needs, today Cook Medical announced a strategic investment in the urology space. Zenflow is a medical device company developing a minimally invasive treatment…
October 29th, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical’s Zilver Vena® Venous Self-Expanding Stent has shown high rates of patency sustained for three years, according to recently published data in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR).1 The patency results extended across all patient…
October 22nd, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical is now distributing the PillSense™ GI Bleed Detection System in the United States. PillSense™ is a novel device that can detect upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in patients in under 10 minutes. Cook is constantly changing…
October 17th, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical is now offering the NestVT Vitrification Device in the United States. This device is a secure solution for embryos and oocytes during vitrification, cryo-storage and relocation. Along with the launch of this innovative product, Cook…
September 23rd, 2024
Please join us as we highlight some of our leaders, learn about their experiences, and hear how they are talking about the positive changes we’re making to meet our vision of the future at Cook. Follow along for the full Meet…
September 17th, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical announced this morning it has signed an agreement with Merit Medical to purchase Cook’s Lead Management portfolio. This announcement is the conclusion of a series of planned Cook divestures across multiple product lines and specialties…
July 22nd, 2024

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical announced this morning it has signed a letter of intent with Astorg, a leading private equity firm with an extensive and successful track record in global healthcare investments, to purchase Cook’s Reproductive Health business (“Cook…
May 21st, 2021

Demee Koch recently shared an interview with Cook Medical and Cook Group’s president in Medium’s post, Conscious Entrepreneurship: May I introduce Pete Yonkman. Our president, Pete Yonkman, believes companies need to develop deep connections with employees, customers and communities in…
March 30th, 2021

Cook Medical has a long history working with pioneers and innovators to develop products that are beneficial to both patients and clinicians. For Women’s History Month and beyond, we celebrate our current and past partnerships with women who made a difference. Product name: Rösch-Thurmond Fallopian Tube Catheterization Set…
March 2nd, 2021

Bloomington, Ind. – A new medical device manufacturing facility isn’t just bringing 100 new jobs to Indianapolis—the site will also boost the economy with a goal of contracting with 100% local minority-owned construction companies. Harmon Construction, a third-generation family-owned contractor,…
June 3rd, 2020

This is a painful time in our country. It’s unfathomable that tragedies such as the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery continue to happen. Sadly, as people of color know all too well, they do happen every…
December 20th, 2019
Bloomington, Ind. — Today, Cook Medical applauds the successful efforts of legislators from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to repeal the medical device excise tax. “Repealing the medical device tax will help bring new life-saving devices to patients around the…
July 24th, 2018
Bloomington, Ind. – Cook is pleased with bipartisan efforts by the U.S. House of Representatives to help bring new life-saving medical devices to patients by passing H.R. 184, the Protect Medical Innovation Act. This legislation would permanently repeal the medical…
January 22nd, 2018
Bloomington, Ind. — Today, Cook Medical applauds the successful efforts of legislators in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to suspend the medical device excise tax for two years. This action is a continuation of the previous two-year suspension of…
November 9th, 2017
Bloomington, Ind. – Today a jury returned a verdict in the first bellwether trial on IVC filters. An Evansville, Indiana, jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Cook after a three week trial. “We are pleased with this outcome.…
June 21st, 2017
The Herald-Times, a local Bloomington, Indiana paper, profiled Cook’s High School Equivalency program in a feature. Reporter Kurt Christian sat down with Cook leadership and recent program graduate Nycole to capture stories and successes of the adult education initiative. Read…
November 15th, 2016
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.-- Cook Medical has completed enrollment in the first clinical study of an iliofemoral venous stent conducted in the United States under an FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE). The VIVO Clinical Study is a prospective, non-randomized, multi-center study intended…
December 23rd, 2015
Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical applauds the successful efforts of legislators in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives last week to suspend the burdensome medical device excise tax for two years. This action to suspend the medical device tax…
September 28th, 2015
Bloomington, Ind. — Dr. Kimihiko Kichikawa, Department of Radiology at Nara Medical University in Japan, reported two-year results of the Zilver® PTX® post-market surveillance (PMS) study on September 27, 2015, in Lisbon, Portugal. Dr. Kichikawa presented initial target data on…
June 18th, 2015
Cook is pleased that the House of Representatives, working in a bipartisan effort, has acted to help patients needing the latest medical technologies, support hospitals struggling to control healthcare expenses, and boost U.S.-based device manufacturers in a global competitive market,…
November 13th, 2013

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical has today officially opened its new state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) Innovation Centre at its plant in Limerick, Ireland. The Innovation Centre together, with the expansion of cleanrooms, packaging, storage and other facilities, represents…
October 8th, 2013
Las Vegas, Nev. — Four-year data from the Zilver® PTX® Randomized Controlled Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Femoropopliteal Disease from Cook Medical presented today at the 2013 Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting demonstrates 75 percent primary patency in the superficial femoral…
April 2nd, 2013
Bloomington, Ind.— Cook Group officials today acknowledged an Indiana General Assembly concurrent resolution sponsored by State Representative Bob Heaton extending "extreme gratitude" for the company’s 50-year history and its beneficial impact on Indiana’s economy and culture. "On behalf of the Cook family,…
March 22nd, 2013
Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical is gratified and U.S. patients are thankful for the bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday that overwhelmingly passed the Hatch-Klobuchar amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution to repeal the 2.3 percent tax on medical…
October 22nd, 2012
Bloomington, Ind. — The Grant Street Inn has opened a new 16-room addition. The new building was designed and constructed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification requirements. The facility will be the fourth LEED-certified building in Bloomington,…
September 28th, 2012
Baesweiler, North Rhine-Westphalia — Cook Medical, a world leader in minimally invasive medical technologies, today announced a major development in the extension of its European operations with the opening of a new €15m distribution center in Baesweiler, Germany. Located less than…
September 10th, 2012
Washington, D.C. — Cook Medical, a world leader in minimally invasive medical device technology, has launched its new Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) clinical division to bring the benefits of the company’s devices for non-surgical procedures to a new group…
June 28th, 2012
Bloomington, Ind. – With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Cook Medical now calls for the U.S. Senate to repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax included in that legislation. “The…
June 4th, 2012
Bloomington, Ind. – This is an important week for employees and businesses across Indiana and our nation. The Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives, with support from both parties, voted 23-11 to approve legislation, H.R.…
April 9th, 2012
Bloomington, Ind. — As part of its ongoing commitment to patients needing emerging new cellular therapies, Cook Group has acquired the assets of General BioTechnology LLC and launched a new company, Cook General BioTechnology LLC (CGBT). Based in Indianapolis, CGBT…
August 19th, 2011
Bloomington, Ind. – Cook Incorporated, a global leader in endovascular technologies, announced today that Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in Indianapolis has issued a Markman ruling in the ongoing…
April 15th, 2011
Bloomington, Ind. – William Alfred Cook, founder of the Cook Group global network of companies and a pioneer in the development of life-saving minimally invasive medical device technology, died Friday at approximately 4:30 p.m. EDT at his Bloomington home of congestive…