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Cardica MicroCutter® XCHANGE 30 Featured At Society Of American Gastrointestinal And Endoscopic Surg | ||
By: PR Newswire Association LLC. - 24 Apr 2014 | Back to overview list |
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that Radu Pescarus, M.D., Foregut Fellow in the Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division of Providence Portland Medical Center, presented a poster detailing the pre-clinical use of the MicroCutter® XCHANGE 30 surgical stapling device in cutting-edge gastrointestinal surgical procedures including endoscopic assisted trans-gastric and trans-anal full thickness resections. "With its slim profile, secure closure and large range of articulation, the MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 stapling device has the potential to alleviate some of the ongoing challenges in performing less invasive endoscopic procedures," commented Dr. Pescarus. "This device can be easily incorporated into laparoscopic or endoscopic procedures, where currently available commercial laparoscopic staplers have not been suitable for these procedures due to their bulk, making them impractical to manipulate in the gastric or colonic lumen. Importantly, the precise and secure closure obtained with the MicroCutter may avoid peritoneal seeding and contamination, both large concerns when a malignant tumor is present at the surgical site, providing better patient outcomes." Dr. Pescarus' poster, entitled 'Endoscopic assisted trans-gastric and colorectal full thickness resections are enabled by a novel 5 mm surgical stapler,' were presented on earlier this month during the Emerging Technology Session at the SAGES Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. "We continue to receive feedback that the recent availability of the MicroCutter XCHANGE 30 in the United States is enabling less invasive gastrointestinal procedures with its small size and its ability to move 80 degrees in each direction," said Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO of Cardica. "Surgeons have been waiting for this functionality to advance their less invasive surgical practice, and we are excited that this SAGES presentation by Dr. Pescarus and colleagues demonstrates the potential shift in patient care enabled by the MicroCutter." About Cardica Forward-Looking Statements SOURCE Cardica, Inc. |
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