The FDA has granted Cook Medical approval to market Hemospray, in the United States. An endoscopic hemostat, Hemospray achieves hemostasis with a proprietary inorganic powder. Bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract is a leading cause of morbidity and is associated with an estimated 20,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. Since 2011, Cook Medical’s Hemospray has been used to treat bleeding in the GI tract, with thousands of patien...

Cook Medical has released its new Acrobat 2 calibrated tip wire guide for navigating the pancreatic and bile ducts during cholangio-endoscopic procedures. The device has a 5.8 cm hydrophilic coated flexible tip that helps to move through difficult anatomy, while rotational rigidity allows it to offer a 1:1 'torqueability' for precise control of the tip. Pushability is also improved by about a third compared with the previous model of the Acrobat.