Mercator MedSystems said last week that it added more than $3 million to the $11 million Series D it pulled in last year.* The California-based company is developing catheter-guided micro-infusion systems for non-systemic delivery of therapeutic agents across blood vessels as a treatment for peripheral artery disease. In June of last year, Mercator MedSystems raised […]
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Mercator MedSystems raises $11m in Series D for micro-infusion catheter system
Mercator MedSystems said this week that it raised $11 million in a Series D equity round led by Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals, with participation from current Mercator investors and other unnamed new investors. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company plans to use its newly-acquired funds to support the clinical development of its micro-infusion catheter system, the Bullfrog device. […]
Mercator MedSystems to study its Bullfrog micro-infusion device in below-the-knee critical limb ischemia
Mercator MedSystems announced last week that it finished enrollment for a six-month trial of its Bullfrog micro-infusion device in patients with below-the-knee critical limb ischemia. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company’s 120-patient trial was designed to evaluate if Mercator’s Bullfrog device can improve blood flow and reduce the occurrence of restenosis following atherectomy-based revascularization. Mercator’s micro-infusion device […]
VIVA 17 Round-up: Medtronic touts real-world data for In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) touted data for its In.Pact Admiral drug-coated balloon this week at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) 2017 conference. The company presented two-year, real-world data from the In.Pact Global study, as well as four-year results from the pivotal In.Pact SFA study. Data from the In.Pact Global study showed a 83.3% rate of freedom from clinically-driven target […]
Mercator enrolls first patient in BTK vascular disease trial
Mercator MedSystems said today that the 1st patient was enrolled in its Tango clinical trial. The trial is evaluating Mercator’s Bullfrog micro-infusion device for the adventitial delivery of temsirolimus below the knee in patients with critical limb ischemia. The Tango trial is the 4th ongoing clinical trial using the Bullfrog device in below the knee applications […]
Mercator MedSystems touts data for Bullfrog micro-infusion device
Mercator MedSystems touted data today from its Dance clinical trial evaluating the company’s Bullfrog micro-infusion device as a delivery system for a generic anti-inflammatory steroid, dexamethasome. Mercator’s results were presented at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy and Leipzig Interventional Course. The steroid was delivered to tissues around femoropopliteal arteries after patients underwent endovascular intervention […]
Mercator MedSystems launches dual-therapy BTK Bullfrog device trial
Mercator MedSystems said yesterday it enrolled the 1st patient in its Limbo-PTA clinical trial aiming to examine the use of the company’s Bullfrog micro-infusion device delivering anti-inflammatory steroids along with angioplasty to treat patients with below the knee critical limb ischemia. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company said that the purpose of adding an anti-inflammatory drug, delivered by […]