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The Merci Distal Access Catheter was evaluated at more than a dozenleading medical institutions in the United States and Europe. "After using theMerci Distal Access Catheter in challenging arterial and venous applications,I am impressed by its deliverability and additional support. I can foresee theDAC becoming a standard for neurovascular interventions in tortuous anatomicalsettings," stated Raul Nogueira, Interventional Neurologist at theMassachusetts General Hospital.
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The DAC is commercially available in the United States and Europe.
About Concentric Medical
Concentric Medical is located in Mountain View, California, and wasfounded in August 1999. The company manufactures and markets the MerciRetrieval System, which is a minimally invasive device that is delivered by aneurointerventionalist into the brain to restore blood flow by engaging,capturing and removing blood clots that cause ischemic stroke. The MerciRetrieval System is available in over 250 leading stroke centers around theworld, and has been the subject of two successful clinical trials, MERCI andMulti MERCI. Concentric Medical estimates that over 9,000 patients have beentreated with its devices. For more information about Concentric Medical,please visit http://www.concentric-medical.com.
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SOURCE Concentric Medical, Inc.
