Bentley and Cook Medical enter distribution agreement for the BeBack® crossing catheter in the United States

“We are excited to welcome Bentley’s BeBack crossing catheter to our peripheral intervention portfolio,” said Alec Cerchiari, director of product management for Cook’s PAD and Venous specialty. "The BeBack crossing catheter is a unique tool for crossing heavily calcified lesions in antegrade or retrograde fashion. It complements Cook’s robust portfolio of above- and below-the-knee products, including our Micropuncture® Pedal Introducer Access Sets, Flexor® Guiding Sheaths and CXI® Support Catheter. "

The BeBack is a crossing catheter designed for steering through chronic total occlusions (CTO) that provides targeted reentry options. The catheter includes features such as:

• A steerable and adjustable nitinol needle

• A radiopaque marker located near the tip of the catheter, which indicates the direction in which the needle curves

• 80 and 120 cm lengths and 2.9F and 4F sizes

“The BeBack crossing catheter is an effective approach for successful recanalisation and should be available in every lab across the U.S. Thanks to this collaboration with Cook, we will now have a better commercial footprint in the U.S. with even more opportunities to treat patients with debilitating arterial and venous disease,” said Martijn Nugteren, Director of Sales & Marketing at Bentley.

Distribution partnerships, such as this one with Bentley, allow Cook to accelerate its product pipeline and bring innovative products to customers and their patients. Cook and Bentley have a long history of collaboration, and this partnership represents another example of working together to advance patient care.