Hansen Medical To Exhibit Magellan™ Robotic System At Upcoming CACVS & LINC Meetings In Europe

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwired - January 23, 2014) - Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced it will exhibit its Magellan™ Robotic System at two upcoming interventional meetings in Europe. Hansen will be exhibiting Magellan at Booth 25 for the Controversies and Updates in Vascular Surgery (CACVS) Meeting in Paris, France from January 23 - 25; and at Booth 4 for the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) in Leipzig, Germany from January 28 - 31.

Multiple physicians are scheduled to give presentations about their experiences with Magellan at these meetings. Dr. Frederic Cochennec of Henri Mondor Hospital in Créteil, France will speak about his center's experiences with Magellan on Friday, January 24 at 8:40 a.m. Two additional presentations are scheduled for LINC. Professor Nick Cheshire, medical director at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, will present a session titled "Can robotic assistance be helpful to navigate through complex arch anatomies and make CAS safer?" on Tuesday, January 28 at 5:40 p.m.; and Dr. Thomas Nolte, Director of Vascular Center, Heart & Vascular Center, Bad Bevensen, Germany will present "Robotic routing in complex aortic intervention" during the moderated poster presentation session on Wednesday, January 29 at 10:20 a.m.

"We are excited to showcase the Magellan Robotic System at these important global conferences," said Bruce Barclay, president and CEO of Hansen Medical. "Approximately 5,000 interventionalists from around the world are expected to attend these two meetings, and these presentations by physicians representing multiple European institutions will provide important information to the interventional community about the clinical value Magellan is delivering in a wide variety of peripheral vascular procedures."

About the Magellan™ Robotic System

Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System is intended to be used to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices. The Magellan System is designed to deliver predictability to simple and complex endovascular procedures. Since its commercial introduction in the U.S. and Europe, the Magellan System has demonstrated its clinical versatility in many cases in a broad variety of peripheral vascular procedure types in centers across the US and Europe. The system is based upon the flexible robotic technology incorporated in the Sensei-X® Robotic Catheter System currently sold in the U.S. and Europe, which has been used in nearly 13,000 patients, but includes a number of key enhancements. In particular, the Magellan Robotic System:

• Provides solid catheter stability for placement of therapeutic devices.
  
• Is designed to enable predictable procedure times and increased case throughput.
  
• Allows for independent, individual robotic control of the distal tips of both the outer sheath and the inner leader catheter, as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires.
  
• Is designed to allow for sufficient extension inside the body to access hard to reach peripheral anatomy.
• Preserves the open architecture featured in the Sensei System to allow for the subsequent use of many 6F therapeutic devices on the market today.
• Is designed to potentially reduce physician radiation exposure and fatigue by employing a remote physician workstation.

About Hansen Medical, Inc.
Hansen Medical, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is a global leader in intravascular robotics, developing products and technology designed to enable the accurate positioning, manipulation and control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. The Company's Magellan™ Robotic System, 9Fr Magellan™ Robotic Catheter and related accessories, which are intended to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices, have undergone both CE marking and 510(k) clearance and are commercially available in the European Union, and the U.S. In the European Union, the Company's Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan® and Artisan Extend® Control Catheters are cleared for use during electrophysiology (EP) procedures, such as guiding catheters in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the Lynx® Robotic Ablation Catheter is cleared for the treatment of AF. This robotic catheter system is compatible with fluoroscopy, ultrasound, 3D surface map and patient electrocardiogram data. In the U.S., the Company's Sensei X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan and Artisan Extend Control Catheters are cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for manipulation and control of certain mapping catheters in EP procedures. In the U.S., the Sensei X Robotic Catheter System is not approved for use in guiding ablation procedures; this use remains experimental. The U.S. product labeling therefore provides that the safety and effectiveness of the Sensei X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan and Artisan Extend Control Catheter for use with cardiac ablation catheters in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including AF, have not been established. Additional information can be found at www.hansenmedical.com.

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