January 8, 2018 — W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. announced the first implant of the Gore Excluder Conformable AAA (abdominal aortic aneurysm) Endoprosthesis in the United States. The successful procedure took place on Dec. 19, 2017, at Maimonides Medical Center in New York by Robert Rhee, M.D., chief of vascular and endovascular surgery, and national principal investigator.