hansen medical

Company Profile

We Are Hansen Medical

Our Mission. Our Passion.

Hansen Medical, a global leader in flexible robotics, was born from the vision of creating a new generation of advanced medical robotics - a generation that would empower and protect physicians while providing enhanced care for patients. The Sensei^® Robotic Catheter System and Artisan^® Control Catheter used in electrophysiology procedures were the first realization of this vision. The Magellan™ Robotic System and NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter are the next generation of flexible robotics technology designed for peripheral vascular interventions.

We believe that our new Magellan Robotic System has the potential to simplify and enhance catheter navigation and therapeutic interventions for peripheral vascular disease^a. The Magellan Robotic System, used in combination with the NorthStar Robotic Catheter, will have the potential to enable physicians to cannulate target lesions through robotic control of the distal tips of sheath and leader catheters and through robotic control of guidewires. The Magellan Robotic System & NorthStar Robotic Catheter are pending regulatory clearance and not yet available in the US.

We believe that our Sensei X Robotic Catheter System for electrophysiology procedures overcomes the limitations of manual technique by facilitating accurate positioning, manipulation, and stable control of catheter and catheter-based technologies during electrophysiology (EP) procedures. The System provides navigation of flexible catheters, resulting in enhanced access, stability, and control in complex interventional procedures. One key is our proprietary Instinctive Motion™ technology that accurately and responsively translates the physician’s hand movements at the motion controller to the robotically controlled steerable catheter in the patient’s anatomy.

At Hansen Medical, we are passionate about creating robotic solutions that provide physicians with a better suite of tools for their procedural and therapeutic success. We believe that better tools will impact outcomes and patient care.

Company Milestones

2011
			Magellan™ Robotic System & NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter CE Marked for peripheral vascular intervention Partnership with Philips Healthcare on fiber optic shape sensing and localization technology announced
2010
			First sale of Lynx® Irrigated Ablation Catheter completed in Europe First patients successfully treated with new flexible catheter vascular robotic system Hansen Medical European Commercialization and Training Center opened Partnership with Philips Healthcare on the development of the vascular robotic system announced
2009
			Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System cleared by the FDA and CE Marked Artisan Extend™ introduced to the U.S
2008
			CoHesion™ 3D Visualization Module cleared by the FDA and CE Marked
2007
			Sensei® Robotic Catheter System & Artisan® Control Catheter cleared by the FDA and CE Marked First Customer Shipment completed European Subsidiary opened in the United Kingdom
2006
			Initial Public Offering (IPO)
2002
			Founded

Headquarters

Mountain View, California

Magellan™ Robotic System and NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter — 510(k) Pending. Not available for sale in the U.S.

 

^aRiga C, Bicknell C, Hamady M, Cheshire N. Robotically-steerable catheters  and their role in the visceral aortic segment. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2011 Jun;52(3):353-62.
p. 353: "Preclinical studies and early experience suggest that robotically steerable endovascular catheters offer improve manoeuvrability at the catheter tip, enhanced positional control and "off-the wall" centreline navigation in a remote controlled fashion.  These advanced systems have the potential to overcome some of the technical difficulties with manual catheter control, improve stability at key target areas, reduce the risk of vessel trauma, distal embolization and radiation exposure, whilst improving overall operator performance with short learning curves."