Cook Medical - Reproductive Health Portfolio

What Cook Medical - Reproductive Health Portfolio does

Cook Medical's Reproductive Health Portfolio was a product line within Cook Medical that manufactured and distributed assisted reproductive technology (ART) medical devices for fertility, gynecology, and fertilization procedures. The portfolio served IVF clinics and fertility centers globally, with a particularly concentrated commercial footprint across Asia-Pacific markets served through ten wholly-owned regional subsidiaries and the ISO 13485:2016-certified Singapore Asia Distribution Centre. The portfolio was divested by Cook Medical on two occasions — first to CooperCompanies in February 2022, and subsequently to Astorg in 2024/2025, where the line was combined with Hamilton Thorne to form an integrated ART platform.

The portfolio's flagship product was the MINC+ Benchtop Incubator, a next-generation benchtop incubator offering 50% greater capacity than the original MINC, independently humidified chambers to reduce culture media evaporation, and the integrated DishTrace platform for dish-data management and monitoring across up to 50 incubators. The broader product suite comprised the legacy MINC Mini Incubator (a more than 20-year IVF clinic standard), culture media products, and devices for ovum aspiration, intrauterine insemination, and embryo transfer and manipulation. The MINC brand heritage, paired with physician-driven product development, gave the portfolio a multi-decade installed base in clinical embryology.

Cook Medical sold reproductive health products through direct regional sales teams and distribution partners, primarily across Asia-Pacific, using a hardware sales model with quote-based pricing rather than publicly disclosed rates. Marketing and clinician enablement were delivered through the Vista Education & Training platform, medical conferences, and physician education programs. As a privately held, family-owned business under Cook Group, the Reproductive Health Portfolio operated without public revenue disclosure.

Name

Cook Medical - Reproductive Health Portfolio

Legal name

Cook Medical

Website

https://cookmedical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Cook Medical's Reproductive Health Portfolio manufactured assisted reproductive technology medical devices — including the MINC+ benchtop incubator, culture media, and embryo transfer/manipulation devices — serving IVF clinics and fertility centers via direct sales and distribution across Asia-Pacific markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology Medical Devices

NAICS

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing (339113)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

Fertility, Reproductive Endocrinology & IVF Centers (HLAFAJAD)

Keywords

• Assisted reproductive technology devices
• IVF clinical equipment
• Benchtop embryo incubators
• IVF culture media
• Embryo transfer devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Reproductive Health Medical Devices: Sale of assisted reproductive technology devices including MINC+ Benchtop Incubator, culture media, and devices for ovum aspiration, intrauterine insemination, and embryo transfer and manipulation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cook Medical's Reproductive Health portfolio designed, manufactured, and sold assisted reproductive technology (ART) medical devices for IVF clinics and fertility centers. Core products included the MINC+ Benchtop Incubator (next-generation benchtop incubator with enhanced humidification and dish-tracking software), culture media, and devices for ovum aspiration, intrauterine insemination, and embryo transfer and manipulation. Sales were executed through regional sales teams and distribution partners serving Asia-Pacific markets.

Product overview

Cook Medical is a medical device company specializing in minimally invasive procedures across multiple clinical specialties. Note: Cook Medical sold its Reproductive Health/ART portfolio to Astorg (combined with Hamilton Thorne) in 2024. The remaining portfolio includes: (1) ART/IVF Products - MINC+ Benchtop Incubator (next generation with 50% larger capacity, humidified chambers, DishTrace monitoring), MINC Mini Incubator (20+ years standard), culture media, ovum aspiration devices, intrauterine insemination devices, and embryo transfer devices. (2) Vascular Products - Zilver PTX Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent (paclitaxel-coated), Zilver Vena Venous Stent, Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft. (3) Urology Products - Resonance Metallic Ureteral Stent, Black Silicone Stents, Nitinol Stone Extractors including NCircle tipless basket, LithAssist suction control device, BIGopsy, holmium laser systems (Litho Magneto 150, Rhapsody H-30). (4) iMRI Division - Interventional MRI Suite platform (Siemens Healthineers partnership), Copernicus training, guided therapies, cardiac/vascular, oncology modules. (5) Other - EchoTip Insight pressure measurement, Biodesign Otologic Repair Grafts, Compass BDS Biliary Stents.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MINC+ Benchtop Incubator Next generation benchtop incubator for IVF clinics with 50% larger capacity than previous MINC model, independently humidified chambers to reduce culture media evaporation, and integrated DishTrace platform providing dish-data management, culture dish tracking during check-in/out, and graphical history reports for up to 50 incubators.
• MINC Mini Incubator Original benchtop incubator established as a standard component in IVF clinics for more than 20 years; served as the foundation for the next-generation MINC+ design.
• Culture Media (IVF) Culture media products used in IVF procedures as part of Cook Medical's assisted reproductive technology (ART) product suite for embryo culture and development.
• Ovum Aspiration Devices Devices designed for ovum (egg) aspiration procedure in IVF treatments, part of Cook Medical's assisted reproductive technology portfolio.
• Intrauterine Insemination Devices Devices for intrauterine insemination procedures used in fertility treatment, part of Cook Medical's assisted reproductive technology product suite.
• Embryo Transfer and Manipulation Devices Devices for embryo transfer and manipulation procedures during IVF treatment, included in Cook Medical's assisted reproductive technology product portfolio.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major divestiture.

• Astorgmajor divestitureStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2024Cook Medical signed a letter of intent with Astorg to sell the IVF/ART product lines. Astorg, an investment firm with experience in MedTech manufacturing and product businesses, acquired and combined the Cook ART portfolio with Hamilton Thorne.
• CooperCompaniesmajor divestitureStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 February 2022Cook Medical Reproductive Health business was acquired by CooperCompanies, combining Cook's ART products with CooperSurgical's fertility portfolio.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hamilton Thorne: Precision instruments, consumables, software, and services provider for the ART research and cell biology space; combined with Cook ART under Astorg in 2024/2025, making it the closest direct comparable and now the portfolio's sister entity.
• Vitrolife: Global ART media and device company offering culture media, time-lapse incubators, and consumables; competes head-to-head with Cook ART across the IVF workflow and is the largest single ART pure-play.
• CooperSurgical: Fertility and women's health division of CooperCompanies; initially acquired Cook Medical's Reproductive Health business in 2022 before divesting it to Astorg, and remains a direct competitor across IVF consumables and devices.
• Genea Biomedx: ART device innovator spun out of Genea, producing time-lapse incubators (Geri), benchtop devices, and lab automation; directly competes with the MINC+ on the incubator side of the IVF lab.
• Esco Medical: Specialist manufacturer of ART incubators (MIRI series) and related lab equipment; competes with Cook ART in the benchtop incubator category with a strong global installed base.
• FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific: Leading ART and cell culture media supplier now under FUJIFILM; competes directly with Cook ART's culture media line and increasingly offers complementary lab devices.
• Kitazato Corporation: Japan-based ART device and media company with global distribution, offering cryopreservation, ICSI, and embryo transfer products that overlap with Cook ART's portfolio.
• Rocket Medical: UK-based manufacturer of reproductive health and fertility devices including embryo transfer catheters and IUI catheters; competes with Cook ART in single-use procedural devices.

Broad incumbents

• Merck KGaA (Sigma-Aldrich): Diversified life sciences giant supplying ART-grade chemicals, media components, and lab tools to IVF clinics and research labs; broader portfolio but overlapping consumables customer base.
• Smiths Medical: Large diversified medical device manufacturer with presence in reproductive health and adjacent minimally invasive device categories; comparable as a broad-incumbent peer for the procedural side of the ART portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cookmedical
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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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