Cook Medical Introduces Ancillary Graft

Cook Medical has launched its 36mm Diameter Cook Zenith Renu AAA Ancillary Graft, designed for secondary endovascular intervention in patients who received prior endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).

With a wider diameter, the graft enables physicians to treat patients with larger proximal necks who previously may not have been candidates for secondary endovascular repair, the company said.

The device is specifically intended to treat AAA patients whose implanted stent-grafts may have shifted. This migration can result in leakage of blood into the aneurysmal sac, ultimately placing the patient at increased risk of aneurysm rupture.