FDA has designated Cook Medical's recall of its Flexor Check-Flo introducers and Flexor tuohy-borst side-arm introducers as Class I, its most serious level. Cook Medical initiated the recall on Nov. 24. It involves 37,326 of the devices, which are used to deliver medical devices to blood vessels (though not vessels of the heart and brain). The … [Read more...] about Cook Medical has a serious catheter recall
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Cook Medical launches global catheter introducer recall
Cook Medical has launched a voluntary recall of nearly 59,000 devices intended to introduce therapeutic or diagnostic devices into the vasculature, excluding coronary and neuro vasculature. The Flexor Check-Flo introducer and Flexor Tuohy-Borst side-arm introducer (Shuttle Select) are sterile, single-use devices that incorporate a … [Read more...] about Cook Medical launches global catheter introducer recall
Cook Medical announces U.S. launch of balloon for transnasal esophageal procedures
Cook Medical today commercially launched its Hercules 100 Transnasal Esophageal Balloon in the U.S. The balloon is designed specifically for trans nasal esophageal procedures and is another tool for ENT physicians to help treat esophageal strictures. "This balloon was specifically designed with ENT physicians and their patients in mind. The … [Read more...] about Cook Medical announces U.S. launch of balloon for transnasal esophageal procedures
