Cook Launches Comprehensive Practice Kit Specifically Designed to Support Physicians in AAA Diagnostic and Treatment Services

New York, NY - At the 2004 VEITHSymposium™, Cook Incorporated, the largest privately held medical device manufacturer in the world, announced today the availability of its Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Physician Practice Builder Kit. Designed to provide the most comprehensive set of tools and information available, the kit helps health care professionals communicate with their patients about the treatment of AAAs and is also designed to enhance the understanding of AAA among physician's referral networks.

Cook's AAA Physician Practice Builder Kit was created to simplify a patient's understanding of aortic aneurysms and their options for treating AAAs, one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. The kit's materials were developed in consultation with leading experts in the field and include, but are not limited to: templates for physician-to-physician introductory and patient follow-up letters; AAA screening instructional sheets; patient education brochures; and a patient video.

"The practice kit is another demonstration of Cook's commitment to providing both patients and physicians with the best solutions available for improving referral networks and enabling patients to get appropriate access to medical care," said Barry Thomas, global leader of Cook Incorporated's endovascular therapies division. "Cook's unmatched standard of quality and excellence in its products and strong relationships with physicians across the globe allows the company to offer a reliable source for simplifying communications between physicians and their patients about AAA."

About Cook Incorporated
With international headquarters in Bloomington, Ind., privately held COOK® (www.cookgroup.com) is a leading designer, manufacturer and global distributor of minimally invasive medical device technology for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Since its founding in 1963, Cook has created innovative technologies for stents and stent-grafts, catheters, wire guides, introducer needles and sheaths, embolization coils, medical biomaterials, vena cava filters, implanted cardiac lead extraction equipment and other minimally invasive medical devices.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
David McCarty
Director of Public Relations
Cook Incorporated - 812-339-2235 ext. 2387
Email: dmccarty@cook-inc.com

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