Cook Medical launches new products for treating peripheral arterial disease

In a tour de force of new product development and introduction, Cook Medical is introducing six new products in parallel to provide better treatment options to the physicians treating the 27 million people worldwide afflicted with some form of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and other diseases of the circulatory system.

These products include new microwires, stents and angioplasty balloons that are integral to Cook’s advanced Leg Therapy Program, the industry’s broadest line of products engineered specifically to address the dynamic circulation of the iliac, femoral, popliteal and infrapopliteal vascular systems. In addition, Cook will introduce a new thoracic aneurysm endograft and a sophisticated new delivery and retrieval system for Cook’s inferior vena cava filters for pulmonary embolism prevention to physicians attending VIVA 2009.

“This is a significant day for patients suffering from PAD, as Cook proudly rolls out an integrated line of minimally invasive products designed specifically for treating PAD,” said Rob Lyles, vice president and global leader of Cook Medical’s peripheral intervention division. “People tend to associate leg conditions exclusively with injury, and fail to recognize the importance of maintaining the overall health of the legs until it’s too late. By introducing these six products to the vascular medicine and interventional communities, we are giving vascular interventionalists six tools to improve their patient outcomes and deliver actionable solutions to those who need them most.”

SOURCE Cook Medical