Perfuze today said it received CE mark approval for its clot aspiration catheter Millipede 088. The Ireland-based company also announced that the first five acute ischemic stroke patients have been treated with the device. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Tubing + Extrusion.
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Perfuze lands breakthrough designation for Millipede clot ingestion system
Perfuze yesterday announced that the FDA granted its Millipede CIS technology Breakthrough Device Designation. Millipede CIS is a catheter technology that removes clots from the brain after an acute ischemic stroke. The Breakthrough Device Designation was granted based on its potential to offer advantages over other alternative treatment of acute ischemic stroke, according to the […]
Perfuze raises $3m seed round for Millipede stroke catheter
Perfuze said today that it raised more than $3 million for the Millipede catheter it’s developing to treat ischemic stroke. Although not quite in stealth mode, the Galway, Ireland-based firm is close-mouthed about its technology. CEO Wayne Allen and CTO Liam Mullins (who co-founded Embo Medical before its in 2015, $YY acquisition by C.R. Bard in 2015) founded […]
