Hansen Medical(R) Announces FDA Clearance of the Magellan(TM) 10Fr Robotic Catheter - Seite 2

"We are excited to introduce the Magellan 10Fr Robotic Catheter to our customers in the United States," said Cary Vance, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hansen Medical. "We believe that robotic technology offers the potential to transform how endovascular treatment is performed, by bringing enhanced control and predictability to procedures, and by addressing serious occupational hazards faced by physicians and their teams in the delivery of patient care. With this new catheter, we expect that many more patients will now be able to benefit from procedures with the Magellan Robotic System."

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 procedures globally. 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 and 10Fr Robotic Catheters allow for independent, robotic control of two telescoping catheters (an outer Guide and an inner Leader catheter), as well as robotic manipulation of standard guide wires.
• 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 guide wires. This smaller catheter design may be preferred by certain physicians who prefer a smaller diameter vessel access site, or in procedures in smaller vessels.