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Cook MediCal: A LeAder in QuALity MedicAL devices

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Cook Medical

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since its inception in 1963, Cook Medical has built its business on the philosophy of making the right decision based on the patient rather than on

financial concerns. Bill Cook started the company by building relationships with physicians and developing their ideas into medical devices that have provided good patient outcomes over many years. Over 49 years later, the company has grown from building devices out of a two bedroom unit in Bloomington, Indiana to a glo¬bal leader in the medical research and manufacture of medical devices and supplies. This growth is due to Cook Medical’s focus on creating the highest quality products for patients and physicians.

Today, Cook Medical’s devices are manufactured and distributed to over 130 countries worldwide. These products apply to patient needs in endovascular therapy, critical care medicine, general surgery, diagnostic and interventional

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procedures, bioengineered tissue replacement and regeneration, gastroenterology and endoscopy procedures, urology, and obstetrics and gynecology.

Barry Thomas, Vice President and Director of Cook Medical, Asia Pacific, a manufacturing and distributing subsidiary of Cook Medical explains that it is the company’s versatility, entrepreneurial spirit, and patient-centred focus that makes it exceptional. Cook Medical has a culture of ingenuity that constantly looks for ways to take ideas to commercialisation as well as develop

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existing products. This Asia Pacific subsidiary has a facility in Brisbane that focuses on developing new products as well as manufacturing and distributing existing Cook products. A recent major innovation by the facility has been the development of an endovascular stent graft technology to treat aortic aneurysm disease.

A VersAtile Business

As a privately-owned and family-operated company, Cook Medical has the freedom and agility to forge its own path to create products for the health of individual patients as well as the health of the medical industry as a whole. In addition to working on the research and development of medical products, the Health Business Solutions, another facet of the Cook Medical company, develops ways of delivering

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existing products. This Asia Pacific subsidiary has a facility in Brisbane that focuses on developing new products as well as manufacturing and distributing existing Cook products. A recent major innovation by the facility has been the development of an endovascular stent graft technology to treat aortic aneurysm disease.

A VersAtile Business

As a privately-owned and family-operated company, Cook Medical has the freedom and agility to forge its own path to create products for the health of individual patients as well as the health of the medical industry as a whole. In addition to working on the research and development of medical products, the Health Business Solutions, another facet of the Cook Medical company, develops ways of delivering

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intellidesignsmart solutions®

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healthcare more efficiently. The Health Business Solutions team recently helped to implement electronic data interface technology to several private and public sector hospitals, a tool that greatly improves their efficiency, accuracy, and cost-savings.

Cook Medical is able to adapt to change very quickly due to its private ownership and flat management structure. This private ownership also affords the company the freedom to make unusual business decisions not hampered by shareholder opinion, like its decision to continue to focus its APAC resources and money in Australia on research and development. “We see ourselves as being the early innovators and adopters who take an idea and develop it to commercial application,” explains Thomas.

Cook Medical’s Australia facility is also unique in that it is able to custom-make products based on the requisitions of physicians. Cook’s engineering and design team is able to customise products to fit the particular anatomy of a patient.

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MAintAininG QuAlity AnD inteGrity

Quality control is a complex and multifaceted issue for a medical device company like Cook Medical because of the inexplicable nature of the human body, there is no fail-safe way to predict how a human body might respond to an implant.

Cook Medical looks at the larger picture of quality from the input of materials to the output of the final product implanted in a human body. Employees constantly look at new materials and research to gauge if current procedures are up to date. There is also a rigorous testing and validating process for new products. Finally, the company also utilises their research and development to see if procedures need to be updated or completely changed.

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Since 1995, IntelliDesign has been developing award-winning electronic products that solve problems in a variety of markets including defence, transport, medical and mining. Contact us to find out how our experience in industrial design, hardware and software engineering, certified quality assurance and in-house manufacturing can help you solve your next design challenge.

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MAintAininG QuAlity AnD inteGrity

Quality control is a complex and multifaceted issue for a medical device company like Cook Medical because of the inexplicable nature of the human body, there is no fail-safe way to predict how a human body might respond to an implant.

Cook Medical looks at the larger picture of quality from the input of materials to the output of the final product implanted in a human body. Employees constantly look at new materials and research to gauge if current procedures are up to date. There is also a rigorous testing and validating process for new products. Finally, the company also utilises their research and development to see if procedures need to be updated or completely changed.

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powerful partnerships

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A reliable partner for our rapidly growing business in APAC is key to our success. WTP are one such partner, they take the worry out of travel for us, this is invaluable. Barry Thomas, Vice President Cook Medical, Director - Asia Pacific

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DeVelopinG its eMployees

The work culture at Cook Medical is described by Thomas as being family-oriented, collaborative, and transparent. A significant number of employees stay with the company until retirement due to the positive work culture and competitive benefits as well as the personal satisfaction they feel from being part of an organization that is focused on the personal rather than the financial. The company talks freely with employees about the present state and future plans of the company so as to enable honest conversations and confidence between leaders and employees.

Cook Medical also provides

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Romar manufactures a range of Tooling for liquid silicone and plastic injection moulding. We manufacture a range Medical Devices in both silicone and thermoset polymers.

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a great deal of training and development opportunities for employees. “We focus on seeing the potential of what people can become and produce through training and development. This training and development varies from a PhD to a certificate in workplace health and safety because it’s all about improving our people and helping them grow,” explains Thomas.

This development also means that Cook is able to promote from within as about 80 per cent of positions are filled internally according to Thomas. Cook Medical’s reputation and working relationships with universities enable it to find qualified employees for the other 20 per cent.

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expAnDinG into AsiA

Cook Medical Asia Pacific plans on continuing to manufacture and distribute Cook products while also developing products from idea to commercialisation. The company also plans on expanding its products and services to fit the needs of the Asian market. With its proximity to the Asian Pacific Rim, the Australia facility is uniquely positioned to evaluate and develop products for the requirements of the Asian population. As Cook Medical expands the reach of its products and services, its foundation of innovation, flexibility, and customer-focus ensures that it will continue to provide the best products for a constantly changing medical market.

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Name: cook Medical Est: 1963 Employees: Aus: 438 (as at Dec 2011) ApAc: 891 (as at Dec 2011) Vice President and Director of Cook Medical, Asia Pacific: Barry thomas Director of Finance, Cook Medical, Asia Pacific: Mark Muller Medical Director, Cook Medical, Asia Pacific: Dr. Anthony Wilkinson Director of Logistics, Cook Medical, Asia Pacific: ross Harvey Director of Healthcare Business Solutions, Cook Medical, Asia Pacific: robert Webb Website: www.cookmedical.com

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expAnDinG into AsiA

Cook Medical Asia Pacific plans on continuing to manufacture and distribute Cook products while also developing products from idea to commercialisation. The company also plans on expanding its products and services to fit the needs of the Asian market. With its proximity to the Asian Pacific Rim, the Australia facility is uniquely positioned to evaluate and develop products for the requirements of the Asian population. As Cook Medical expands the reach of its products and services, its foundation of innovation, flexibility, and customer-focus ensures that it will continue to provide the best products for a constantly changing medical market.