MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/08/12 — Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan Robotic System at the Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA) conference, from October 9-12 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas. The Company will be conducting product demonstrations and exhibiting the Magellan Robotic System at Booth 102.
In addition, John Laird, M.D., Medical Director of the Vascular Center at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, will be featuring the Magellan Robotic System in his presentation at VIVA, titled “New Strategies, Devices, and Techniques for Carotid Artery Stenting” on Thursday, October 11.
“With the initial U.S. launch of the Magellan Robotic System underway, we are excited for the opportunity to further showcase our technology at this important annual meeting of leading clinicians focused on the peripheral vasculature,” said Bruce Barclay, president and CEO of Hansen Medical. “We are seeing strong clinical interest in Magellan and are pleased with our robust and growing pipeline of potential transactions. The Magellan Robotic System has the potential to enhance vascular surgery and allow hospitals and health systems to improve the efficiency and utilization of their most profitable assets — their operating rooms and cath labs — by reducing procedure times and streamlining endovascular procedures.”
Hansen Medical-s Magellan Robotic System is based upon the flexible robotic technology incorporated in the Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System currently sold in the U.S. and Europe, which has been used in more than 8,000 patients, but includes a number of key enhancements. In particular, the Magellan Robotic System:
Provides solid catheter stability for placement of therapeutic devices.
Is designed to enable predictable procedure times and increased case throughput.
Allows for independent, individual robotic control of the distal tips of both the outer sheath and the inner leader catheter, as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires.
Is designed to allow for sufficient extension inside the body to access hard to reach peripheral anatomy.
Preserves the open architecture featured in the Sensei System to allow for the subsequent use of many 6F therapeutic devices on the market today.
Is designed to potentially reduce physician radiation exposure and fatigue by employing a remote physician workstation.
Hansen Medical, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is the global leader in intravascular robotics, developing products and technology designed to enable the accurate positioning, manipulation and control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. The Company-s Magellan Robotic System, NorthStar Robotic Catheter and related accessories, which are intended to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices, have undergone both CE marking and 510(k) clearance and are commercially available in the European Union, and the U.S. In the European Union, the Company-s Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter are cleared for use during electrophysiology (EP) procedures, such as guiding catheters in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the Lynx® Robotic Ablation Catheter is cleared for the treatment of AF. This robotic catheter system is compatible with fluoroscopy, ultrasound, 3D surface map and patient electrocardiogram data. In the U.S. the Company-s Sensei X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter were cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for manipulation and control of certain mapping catheters in EP procedures. In the United States, the Sensei System is not approved for use in guiding ablation procedures; this use remains experimental. The U.S. product labeling therefore provides that the safety and effectiveness of the Sensei X System and Artisan Control Catheter for use with cardiac ablation catheters in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including AF, have not been established. Additional information can be found at .
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Peter J. Mariani
Chief Financial Officer
Hansen Medical, Inc.
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Brian Ritchie
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