1st U.S. patient treated with Cook Medical endovascular aortic dissection system

Cook Medical’s Zenith endovascular dissection system consists of two stents to treat a tear within the aorta. (Image from Cook Medical)

Cook Medical said it has launched its Zenith dissection endovascular system, recently approved by the FDA. The first patient was treated with the system at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J., according to the company.

The Zenith system was designed to provide physicians with a less-invasive alternative to open surgery for repair of Type B dissections of the descending thoracic aorta. Zenith consists of a proximal stent-graft component and a distal bare-stent component.

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