Clinical data on Cook Medical products to be presented at Digestive Disease Week®

May 17 2013

At this week’s Digestive Disease Week (DDW), the world’s largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the gastroenterology field, six abstracts and other clinical data will be presented on Cook Medical products. Cook’s EchoTip® ProCore™ High Definition Ultrasound Biopsy needles are featured in many of these presentations.

“We’re always happy to see our products discussed at such an important physician meeting,” said Barry Slowey, global leader of Cook Medical’s Endoscopy division. “All the discussion around our EchoTip ProCore needles is especially promising, because endoscopic ultrasound is going to become even more vital to the correct diagnosis of GI cancers in the coming years.”

Cook Medical will be showing the EchoTip ProCore line of needles at their booth, #532, along with products in the hemostasis, stenting and biliary areas of gastroenterology. Cook is also offering a skills lab in which physicians can receive hands-on training from clinical specialists.

Sunday, May 19

• Impact of Immediate Touch Prep Evaluation on the Diagnostic Accuracy of EUS-Guided Fine Needle Biopsy Using the EchoTip Procore Needle
  • Presented at Hall West A1 Poster Session, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday, May 20

• Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Gastrointestinal Histopathology: a Comparison of Echo-Tip Ultra and Echo-Tip Procore 22 Gauge Needles
  • Presented at Hall West A1 Poster Session, 8a.m.-5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21

• Utility of New 22 and 25 Gauge EUS Biopsy Needles in the Intra-Abdominal Masses Without on-Site Cystopathologist
  • Presented at Hall West A1 Poster Session, 8a.m.-5 p.m.
• Comparison of EUS-Fine Needle Biopsy With EUS-Fine Needle Aspiration As a Historical Control for Diagnosis of Pancreatic Solid Masses
  • Presented at Hall West A1 Poster Session, 8a.m.-5 p.m.
• EUS Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Versus Fine Needle Biopsy (EUS FNB): a Comparison of Technical Success, Efficacy and Cost Analysis for Pancreas Masses
  • Presented at Hall West A1 Poster Session, 8a.m.-5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22

• Prospective Randomized Trial of the 22G EchoTip Procore™ Needle Versus the 22g Cook EchoTip Ultra 3® Needle in Patients with Solid Mass Lesions Undergoing EUS-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA)
  • Presented at 314B Topic Forum, 2-3:30 p.m.

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