MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Stroke Conference (ISC) held February 24 through February 26, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas brought together physicians from around the world to share data and discuss best practices in the evaluation and treatment of stroke. Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the primary cause of severe disability in the U.S.
Featured in the Clinical Science: Key Findings and First Looks session was the latest update on Concentric’s Merci Registry - the largest prospective, real-world collection of data on the use of the Merci Retriever in acute ischemic stroke. It includes 625 patients with completed 90 day follow-up out of 814 enrolled with 36 contributing centers from the U.S. and Europe. This update concluded that real world use of the Merci embolectomy procedure yields similar clinical outcomes, safety data and recanalization rates compared to those observed in MERCI and Multi MERCI, two previously completed pivotal trials that constitute the basis for FDA approval of the Merci embolectomy device as a recanalization tool for patients with acute stroke due to large vessel occlusion. It was also reported that data from the Merci Registry, consistent with the findings from MERCI and Multi MERCI, as well as several other studies investigating the use of intra-arterial recanalization techniques in patients with large vessel intracranial occlusions, demonstrates that successful recanalization is strongly associated with higher rates of favorable clinical outcomes and with lower mortality rates.
Maria Sainz, President and CEO of Concentric Medical, said “The Merci Registry illustrates Concentric’s commitment to bringing meaningful clinical evidence of mechanical intervention to the stroke community and is critical for advancing stroke therapy. It was very satisfying to see greater attendee interest, attention and program coverage of mechanical intervention at the 2010 ISC.”
About Concentric Medical
Concentric Medical is located in Mountain View, California, and was founded in August 1999. The company manufactures and markets the Merci Retrieval System(R), a minimally invasive device delivered by a neurointerventionalist into the brain to restore blood flow by removing blood clots that cause ischemic stroke. The Merci Retrieval System is available in over 500 leading stroke centers around the world, and has been the subject of two successful clinical trials, MERCI and Multi MERCI. Concentric Medical estimates that over 10,000 patients have been treated with its devices.
For more information about Concentric Medical, please visit www.concentric-medical.com.
CONTACT: Scott Meggs, Corporate Counsel of Concentric Medical,
+1-650-810-1711, strokeinfo@concentric-medical.com
Web site: http://www.concentric-medical.com/
