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Wednesday, April 08 2020 - 09:00
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Rapid Medical Announces Ahead of Schedule Completion of Patient Enrollment for the TIGER Clinical Study for TIGERTRIEVER Thrombectomy Device
YOKNEAM, Israel, April 08 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Rapid Medical [https://www.rapid-medical.com/], a company focused on the 
development of next generation neurovascular interventional devices, has 
announced that it has completed enrollment in the TIGER (Treatment with Intent 
to Generate Reperfusion) study ahead of the planned scheduled. This is a US 
based, multi-center study of the performance of TIGERTRIEVER, the company's 
novel thrombectomy device for the acute treatment of ischemic stroke. The 
TIGERTRIEVER is a fully-visible, controllable stentriever that is adjusted to 
fit the dimensions of a blocked blood vessel causing acute ischemic stroke. 
Vascular neurologist, Jeffrey Saver M.D., Stroke Neurology Director at 
Ronald-Reagan-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, and 
neurointerventionalist Rishi Gupta M.D., Director, Neurocritical Care at 
WellStar Health System, Georgia, are the principal investigators of the study.

“It was our honor and pleasure to co-lead this trial and we would like to thank 
the patients, their families, and the clinical sites who participated in the 
study. Their dedication enabled rapid patient recruitment and trial completion 
ahead of schedule, despite the extra challenges of the current medical moment.” 
said Prof. Saver.

"The TIGERTRIEVER is a new generation stentriever which provides the physician 
with enhanced user control. Its unique design will hopefully show that it 
addresses the limitations of current devices to provide optimal patient 
outcomes. We are looking forward to publishing the data," stated Dr. Gupta.

TIGER is a multi-site, IDE study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of 
Rapid’s TIGERTRIEVER for treatment of ischemic brain stroke. The study results 
will be used as part of the 510K submission of the device for FDA clearance. 
The study was completed ahead of schedule and took place at 16 of the leading 
stroke centers throughout the U.S and one center in Israel.  The TIGERTRIEVER 
device has CE mark clearance and is commercially available in Europe; thousands 
of ischemic stroke thrombectomy procedures are performed with the device every 
year.
   
About Rapid Medical
Rapid Medical is developing game-changing devices for endovascular treatments. 
Rapid Medical is the maker of TIGERTRIEVER and COMANECI, the first-ever 
adjustable remodeling mesh. TIGERTRIEVER and COMANECI are CE marked for use in 
Europe and COMANECI is also FDA approved. The TIGERTRIEVER is an 
investigational device and is not available for sale in the United States.

More information is available at http://www.rapid-medical.com 

Contact: 
Eitan Havis, 
VP of Sales and Marketing, 
Rapid Medical 
eitan@rapid-medical.com
+972-72-250-3331
 

Source:  Rapid Medical
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