Cook Incorporated Celect(TM) Vena Cava Filter Successfully Implanted In First North American Patient; Milestone Case Illustrates Advantages Of Cook’s Next-Generation Retrievable Filter In Minimizing The Risk Of Pulmonary Embolisms

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2006--A Canadian radiologist has successfully performed the first human implantation of Cook’s next-generation retrievable vena cava filter in North America. The Cook Celect(TM) Vena Cava Filter was used on a 44-year old female patient hospitalized originally for kidney stones and re-admitted for treatment of a pulmonary embolism (PE). The procedure was conducted by Murray Asch M.D., FRCPC, director of interventional radiology, and supported by an interventional team of nurses and technologists at Lakeridge Health Oshawa in Ontario, Canada.