Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Cardiva Medical, Inc. Announces Completion of the first two tranches of Series 3 Private Equity Financing and the Closing of a Senior Secured Debt Facility with GE Capital

SUNNYVALE, Calif.Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiva Medical, Inc. announced today that it has closed the first two tranches of a$16.5 million Series 3 private equity financing and a $12.5 million senior secured facility with GE Capital. The Company will use the proceeds of the Series 3 private equity financing and debt facility to expand commercial efforts for its VASCADE® Vascular Closure System in the United States.
Investing in Series 3 private equity financing was a new investor, Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund, L.P., who joined existing investors PTV Sciences, AmKey Ventures and TriVentures II Fund L.P.  Mr. Paul Enever from Canepa U.S., LLC, which serves as Investment Advisor to Canepa Advanced Healthcare Fund, L.P., has joined the Cardiva Board of Directors.
"We are extremely pleased that Canepa Advanced Healthcare, L.P. has joined Cardiva's current investors in this financing and that Paul Enever has joined our Board of Directors," said Charles Maroney, CEO. Maroney continued, "With the Series 3 equity financing and GE debt facility, Cardiva now has the financial resources to establish VASCADE as a leading extravascular closure technology which we believe can benefit both patients and healthcare providers in the United States by minimizing complications and associated costs and improving patient care when compared to conventional vascular closure devices."
"Cardiva's product platform offers the potential to transform the vascular closure market by improving both patient safety and comfort", said Paul Enever of Canepa U.S., LLC. Enever continued, "VASCADE leverages Cardiva's Catalyst® platform that has been utilized effectively in more than 400,000 procedures since its initial launch into the U.S. market in 2007". We are delighted to add Cardiva to our investment portfolio of emerging growth medical device companies that are focused on improving patient outcomes while reducing the cost of medical care."

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Transluminal Tech’s velox CD Arterial Closure Device Gets EU Approval

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squeeze velox CD Transluminal Techs velox CD Arterial Closure Device Gets EU Approval (VIDEO)Transluminal Technologies LLC. out of Syracuse, New York won the CE Mark for its velox CD Vascular Closure Device used to close arteriotomies following percutaneous femoral procedures. Closing arteries can be a challenge, eating up surgeons’ time just when it’s optimal to move the patient out of the OR. The velox CD device speeds up this process by delivering an implant that plugs the vessel wall from within.
The implant consists of an intraluminal footplate that absorbs within about 24 hours and a extraluminal plug that takes two weeks to absorb. The components are made of a proprietary magnesium alloy that breaks up and bioabsorbs safely into the body, leaving a clean repaired artery without the surgeon having to manually apply pressure during closure.
Here’s a video from a real procedure utilizing the velox CD: