BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cook Medical today announced a significant milestone for its EVOLUTION® Mechanical Dilator Sheath technology, an innovative new tool designed to remove faulty, ineffective leads in patients with cardiac pacemakers. To date, 200 medical centers in the United States have adopted the breakthrough technology that utilizes venous entry during pacemaker lead extraction procedures. Cook’s EVOLUTION has quickly proven to be an attractive alternative to current laser and other powered techniques as it is less invasive, more intuitive to use and approximately ½ the cost of laser-powered sheaths.
