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2018年11月1日—–Today,CookMedicalbeginsacollaborationwithTaewoongMedicaltoexpandpatienttreatmentoptionsbydistributingaselectionof ...

Bloomington, Ind. – Today, Cook Medical begins a collaboration with Taewoong Medical to expand patient treatment options by distributing a selection of Taewoong’s stents in the U.S. This distribution collaboration includes the Niti-S™ Through the Scope (TTS) Esophageal Stent, the flagship product of the South Korean company’s Niti-S Self-Expandable line of metal gastrointestinal (GI) stents.

The Niti-S TTS Esophageal Stent is intended for use in certain types of esophageal strictures caused by malignant tumors.  According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, nearly 17,000 new cases of esophageal cancer occur annually. The vast majority of these cases occur in men.[1]

“We are very pleased and proud to enter into this collaboration with Cook Medical, a leading global medical device company,” said Kyongmin Shin, CEO of Taewoong Medical. “We believe Cook Medical’s ph...