Cook Medical Develops New Product Line

Cook Medical has developed a new product line that is designed to be comfortable for patients and to simplify enteral feeding procedures for physicians.

The company’s Entuit enteral feeding products are designed to be intuitive for patients to use. ine of products for gastrostomy feeding. Enteral feeding, or tube feeding, is necessary for patients who cannot get the proper nutrition.

The Entuit Thrive Balloon Gastrostomy feeding tube has an in-line shaft that may reduce the need to over dilate when physicians place and replace feeding tubes. The Entuit Secure Suture Anchor sets were designed with two options, a standard suture anchor and an adjustable-tension suture anchor. The standard suture anchor can be quickly tightened to secure the stomach wall to the abdomen while the adjustable-tension suture anchor includes a locking mechanism that enables the physician to change the tension until the amount of tension is comfortable for the patient. The Entuit Start Initial Placement set includes all of the components that are necessary to start a gastrostomy procedure. The Entuit Stoma Measuring Device helps physicians measure the length of a stoma.

“The Entuit product line was developed to better serve patients who are living with feeding tubes,” said Dan Sirota, vice president and global leader of Cook Medical’s Interventional Radiology and Critical Care divisions. “For patients and caretakers, feeding tubes are a large part of everyday life. By designing a line of products that are simple for physicians and comfortable for patients, hopefully we’ve made managing tube feeds just a bit easier.”

The product launch enables Cook Medical to provide a full line of gastrostomy feeding products. Entuit enteral feeding products will be available for sale in Canada on Nov. 1, the company announced.

Cook Medical combines medical devices, drugs, biologic grafts and cell therapies across more than 16,000 products serving more than 40 medical specialties. Founded in 1963, Cook is based in Bloomington, Ind.