Hansen Medical to Highlight New Magellan(TM) 6Fr Robotic Catheter at 41st Annual VEITHsymposium(R) - Seite 2

November 20, 12:40pm

• Introduction to Robotic Catheter techniques - Barry Katzen, MD (Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, FL)
  
  

"We are excited to highlight the new Magellan 6Fr Robotic Catheter at VEITHsymposium®, which is one of the most significant global vascular conferences," said Cary Vance, Hansen Medical's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The 6Fr catheter helps to expand the clinical applications for Magellan, so that physicians and patients may benefit from robotic precision and control in additional peripheral vascular procedures performed in smaller blood vessels." 

About the Magellan™ Robotic System
Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System is intended to be used to facilitate navigation in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices. The Magellan Robotic System is designed to deliver predictability, control and catheter stability to endovascular procedures. Since its commercial introduction in the U.S. and Europe, the Magellan Robotic System has demonstrated its clinical versatility in many cases in a broad variety of peripheral vascular procedure types in centers across the U.S. and Europe. The Magellan Robotic System offers several important features including:

• Provides predictability, control and catheter stability as a physician navigates a patient's peripheral vasculature and then provides a conduit for manual treatment of vascular disease with standard therapeutic devices.
• Is designed to enable more predictable procedure times and increased case throughput potentially allowing hospitals to improve utilization within their vascular business line
• Employs an open architecture designed to allow for the subsequent use of many therapeutic devices on the market today.
• Is designed to potentially reduce physician radiation exposure and fatigue by allowing the physician to navigate procedures while seated comfortably at a remote workstation away from the radiation field and without wearing heavy lead as required in conventional endovascular procedures. 
• The Magellan 9Fr Robotic Catheter allows for independent, robotic control of the distal tip of two telescoping catheters (an outer Guide and an inner Leader catheter), as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires.
• The Magellan 6Fr Robotic Catheter allows for independent robotic control of two separate bend sites on a single catheter, as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires. This smaller catheter design may be preferred by certain physicians who prefer a smaller diameter vessel access site, or in procedures in smaller vessels.