Limerick firm Cooks up new partnership with producers of revolutionary capsule

A DEAL has been signed which will see Limerick’s Cook Medical become the official distributor of a new product in the USA.

Based in the National Technology Park at Plassey, Cook Medical employs more than 1,000 people.

The company puts together minimally invasive technologies which eliminate the need for open surgery.

Now, bosses at Cook Medical have signed a deal with EnteraSense to distribute its revolutionary blood-sensing system across the USA.

The product is known as Pillsense, and comes in the form of a capsule.

After a patient swallows the capsule, it can detect internal bleeding.

Cook will begin assuming sales management and marketing responsibilities for the product in the last quarter of this year.

This distribution agreement is being seen as a new way for the firm to collaborate with other companies and do business, empowering Cook to offer the technology to its own customers.

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Meurisse Leahy, a director of product management in Cook said: “Gastrointestinal bleeds can be life-threatening. The sooner physicians can diagnose a bleed, the better chance a patient has of survival.

“Through this distribution partnership, we’re excited to expedite delivery of this unique product to healthcare providers.”

Donal Devery, chief executive of EnteraSense added: “The innovative PillSense system can transform how patients are diagnosed and deliver significant benefits to patients, clinicians and hospitals..”

“This strategic partnership between EnteraSense and Cook

Medical will accelerate the availability of PillSense right across the USA,” he added.