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Cook Medical

Limerick, Ireland MedTech 900 employees Founded 1963 cookmedical.com ↗
7 Products & services
34 FDA device clearances
1 Site
900 Employees

About Cook Medical

Cook Medical manufactures and distributes minimally invasive medical devices globally, with its European manufacturing and shared service centre in Limerick.

Sector
MedTech
Headquarters
Limerick, Ireland
Founded
1963
Employees
900
Facilities
1 site

Milestones

Milestones as listed on cookmedical.com, cookmedical.eu, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

1963
Bill and Gayle Cook found Cook
Home-based business making the first US-produced percutaneous wire guides and catheters.
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1969
William Cook Europe established in Copenhagen
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1979
First European sales subsidiary opens in Spain
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1996
Cook Ireland facility opens in Limerick
Started with manufacturing, later adding labelling and distribution.
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2013
Innovation Centre opens at Limerick site
Space for collaborating with physicians on new product development.
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Leadership Team

Leadership as listed on cookmedical.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Pete Yonkman

President of Cook Group and Cook Medical
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Derek Voskuil

Chief Operating Officer of Cook Medical
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Dr. John Kaufman

Chief Medical Officer
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Products & Services

Products and services as listed on cookmedical.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

All Vascular division MedSurg division Business unit
Vascular division

Aortic Intervention

Devices for treating aortic disease, part of the Vascular division.

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Vascular division

Interventional Radiology

Minimally invasive devices for interventional radiology procedures.

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Vascular division

Peripheral Intervention

Devices for peripheral vascular procedures.

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MedSurg division

Critical Care

Devices used in critical care settings.

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MedSurg division

Endoscopy

Devices for endoscopic procedures.

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MedSurg division

Urology

Devices for urological procedures.

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Business unit

Interventional MRI (iMRI)

Devices designed for MRI-guided interventional procedures.

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Sites in Ireland

Limerick

Manufacturing, distribution, European HQ, R&D

Opened 1996; manufacturing, labelling and distribution, EMEA support centre and an Innovation Centre; over 950 staff.

Source: cookmedical.eu

Sites as listed on cookmedical.eu, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Pipeline & Regulatory Record

What public registers list for Cook Medical: clinical trials it sponsors, FDA device clearances, Irish licences, recent approvals and supply shortages. Rebuilt daily, last on 3 Oct 2026.

0Trials as lead sponsor
0Recruiting now
0With a site in Ireland
34FDA device clearances

FDA 510(k) device clearances 34 · 34 to an Irish-based entity

Clearances in our FDA device register: every clearance to an Irish-based applicant, plus the last 90 days worldwide.

How this is matched: register records are linked to this page by the organisation name they carry, here Cook Ireland, Ltd.; Cook Ireland. Spot a wrong match? Tell us.

Financials & Irish Entities

Cook Group Incorporated does not file annual reports with the US SEC, so we do not show its financial statements here.

Companies registered in Ireland 4 active in the CRO register

CompanyCRO no.RegisteredLast accounts
Cook Ireland Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
2031761993Dec 2025
Cook Medical Europe Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
4922722010Dec 2025
Cook Medical Operations EMEA Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
6623452019Dec 2025
Cook Medical EMEA Group Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
6623462019Dec 2025

From the Companies Registration Office (CRO Open Data, CC BY 4.0). A company is listed when GLEIF's legal entity register links it to Cook Group Incorporated as its ultimate parent, or when we checked its name and registered address by hand. Branches of foreign companies appear as "External company". Spot a missing or wrong entry? Tell us.

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