AngioDynamics to Acquire Certain Assets Microsulis Medical

AngioDynamics

today announced it has exercised the option to purchase certain assets of Microsulis Medical Ltd. The transaction brings to AngioDynamics leading microwave ablation technology and its worldwide distribution rights. Microsulis, based in Denmead, England, is a medical device company specializing in minimally invasive, microwave ablation technology for the coagulation of soft tissue and has systems in more than 80 hospitals world-wide. Microsulis developed the Accu2i pMTA microwave ablation system for percutaneous use, which utilizes a single, high-power, high-frequency 2.45 GHz saline-cooled needle that delivers significant advantages to clinicians and patients, including faster and larger soft tissue ablations. The device was CE Marked in February 2010 and 510(k) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2010. In December 2012, Microsulis was granted 510(k) clearance by the FDA to market an upgraded Accu2i pMTA applicator. In March 2012, AngioDynamics and Microsulis established a strategic relationship granting AngioDynamics exclusive distribution rights to market and sell the Accu2i pMTA microwave ablation system in all markets outside the United States from May 2012 through