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CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IZI Medical Products, LLC (“IZI”), a leading interventional radiology medical device company and portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, LLC (“Shore”), is pleased to announce it has acquired select soft tissue biopsy and breast localization needle assets from Cook Medical (“Cook”). The acquired portfolio of products are commercially marketed […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cook Medical announced that a new 5 mm diameter version of Zilver® PTX® was approved by the FDA. It is the first 5 mm drug-eluting stent in the U.S. with lengths available up to 140 mm that is indicated to treat vessels as small as 4mm in diameter. The range […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cook Medical today announced that it received a close-out letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration resolving a 2014 warning letter for processes related to the quality system at the company’s manufacturing facility in Bloomington, Indiana. The resolution was a direct result of countless hours of hard […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cook Medical has introduced the 140 mm-length Zilver® PTX® Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent in both 6 and 7 mm diameters in the U.S. The longer length comes after an expanded indication approval by FDA to treat total lesion lengths up to 300 mm per patient. In addition, the product […]
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Cook Regentec announced today the first clinical use in the United Statesof the Advance CS Coronary Sinus Infusion Catheter and Compass® CT Disposable Pressure Transducer to deliver a therapeutic in heart failure patients. The Advance CS Coronary Sinus Infusion Catheter is a percutaneous balloon infusion catheter designed […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Cook Medical announced that physicians in the U.S. and Canada are once again able to order the Beacon® Tip Torcon NB® Advantage 5 Fr Catheter, used in angiographic procedures. In 2015 and 2016, Cook recalled all Beacon Tip Catheters due to an unexpected increase in complaints. “When we saw […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–District Court Judge Richard L. Young entered judgment in favor of Cook Medical in the second bellwether case on IVC filters. This ruling comes just months after Cook Medical won a favorable verdict in the first bellwether IVC filter litigation case with a unanimous decision from the Evansville, […]
LOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Cook Medical announced Dan Kaiser as the leader of global research and development (R&D). This dedicated engineering team will connect product development more closely to customer needs and accelerate the process of getting new products to market. “Our R&D team has been reorganized under a global structure […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Today, Cook Medical announced key changes that simplify its organizational structure to better support customers. These changes realign the current sales, marketing, research and development, and customer service teams in addition to establishing new distribution channel management and medical education teams. The changes are a direct result of feedback […]
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One-year post-market surveillance (PMS) study data from Japanese patients who received the Zilver® PTX® drug-eluting stent confirmed the benefits of the device at 12 months, researchers announced today. Japanese researchers presented the PMS study results at themeeting in Las Vegas. This was the first time the study has been presented […]
