Rox Medical said it closed enrollment in a 100-patient clinical trial of its Rox Coupler device, designed to treat hypertension by connecting the femoral artery and the femoral vein.
CEO Rodney Brenneman told MassDevice.com that Rox Medical, a Stanford spinout established in 2004 to pursue several indications including chronic obstructive lung disease and heart failure, noticed a dramatic effect on high blood pressure in COPD patients implanted with the device.