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Título: InspireMD Reports Successful Implantation of the New CGuardTM Carotid Embolic System with MicroNetTM Technology
Fecha: 05-02-2014
BOSTON, MA – February 5, 2014 – InspireMD, Inc. (“InspireMD” or the “Company”) (NYSE MKT: NSPR), a leader in embolic protection systems, today announced that its new CGuard^TM carotid embolic protection system has been successfully implanted in recent procedures, including a patient treated during the 17^th Annual Symposium on Interventional Cardiology & Angiology held in Hamburg, Germany on February 1, 2014.
The proprietary CGuard carotid embolic protection system uses the same MicroNet^TM technology featured on its MGuard^TM and MGuard Prime^TM coronary systems. The MicroNet technology is a single fiber knitted mesh wrapped on an open cell stent design in order to trap the debris that can travel downstream after a patient is treated with traditional stenting methods. This protects patients from plaque debris and blood clots breaking off and traveling distally in the arteries which can lead to life threatening strokes. The size, or aperture, of the MicroNet ‘pore’ is only 150-180 microns in order to maximize protection against plaque and thrombus.
“For the past several years, improvements in technology for treating carotid artery disease have been extremely limited,” stated Alan Milinazzo, President and Chief Executive Officer of InspireMD. “Due to large cell openings, traditional carotid artery stents have certain limitations and challenges when used for this indication. Our multi-year experience with our MicroNet technology in the coronary space has been critical in the development of our new CGuard carotid embolic protection technology. We will continue to develop and refine this system, in order to better understand the life-saving implications it can have for those suffering from cardiac and carotid issues. Our goal is to offer patients clear benefits with this technology and we are pleased with our initial experiences with CGuard.”
The CGuard is CE-Marked and is currently being evaluated clinically in Europe. The initial clinical placements are expected to provide physician feedback and information for the Company to better understand the complexities and challenges of this disease state within the patient population and help define further clinical activities for CGuard.
“As a clinician who has successfully implanted the CGuard carotid embolic protection in multiple patients, I have experienced first-hand the life-saving applications it can have,” stated Professor Joachim Schofer, MD, from the Hamburg University Cardiovascular Center, in Hamburg, Germany. “The small pore size of the MicroNet technology allows excellent blood flow while trapping potentially harmful plaque debris and thrombus. The CGuard technology provides an elegantly simple solution for embolic protection for my carotid patients.”
For more information about InspireMD and its offerings, visit www.inspire-md.com.
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