What is endovascular aneurysm repair?
To repair an aneurysm, an endograft is guided into the body with a catheter. Once inserted into the aorta, the endograft – a tubular fabric device supported by self-expanding metal stent bodies – seals off the aneurysm from within, relieving blood pressure against the weakened walls of the aorta, the body’s main blood vessel, and reducing the risk of rupture. About Cook Medical: Cook Medical was one of the first companies to help popularize interventional medicine, pioneering many of the devices now commonly used worldwide to perform minimally invasive medical procedures. Today, the company integrates minimally invasive medical device design, biopharma, gene and cell therapy, and biotech to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes in the fields of aortic intervention; interventional cardiology; critical care medicine; gastroenterology; radiology, peripheral vascular, bone access and oncology; surgery and soft tissue repair; urology; and assisted reproductive technology, gyn
