BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cook Medical today further demonstrated its commitment to physician education through the launch of the Ciaglia Blue Dolphin Web site. Accessible through the Cook Medical Web site, this educational microsite is designed to provide physicians with the latest information on a new technique of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT). This method of entry to the trachea is based on the Seldinger technique that uses a needle, wire guide and dilator to access and enlarge the airway to allow placement of a tracheostomy tube. The site specifically discusses balloon percutaneous tracheostomy that is performed by the inflation of a balloon catheter to provide true radial dilation.
