Titan Medical Granted U.S. Patent for Instrument Insertion and Positioning in Single-Port Robotic Surgery

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Titan Medical Inc. (TSX: TMD) (Nasdaq: TMDI) (“Titan” or the “Company”), a medical device company focused on the design and development of a robotic surgical system for application in minimally invasive surgery (“MIS”), announces that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 10,058,396, titled “System and Apparatus for Insertion of an Instrument Into a Body Cavity for Performing a Surgical Procedure.” The patent covers technology that advances the ease of use and positioning of robotic surgical systems, including single-port robotic surgical systems such as the Company’s SPORT Surgical System. The technology was developed internally at Titan and was led by Dr. Perry Genova, the Company’s Senior Vice-President of R&D.

“The granting of this U.S. patent further enhances Titan’s intellectual property position in single-port robotic surgery. We developed this technology to provide augmented data to surgeons and bedside assistants to help facilitate safer instrument insertion and system positioning, as well as to provide optimal instrument range-of-motion during surgical procedures. This technology builds on Titan’s leading expertise in single-port robotic surgery,” commented David McNally, President and CEO of Titan Medical. “I commend Dr. Genova for his technical thought-leadership and congratulate him as being the lead inventor on this granted patent. We believe the unique attributes presented in the patented technology will further enable successful single-port robotic surgery by providing relevant operative field information for surgeons and bedside assistants, ultimately benefitting the patients for whom this technology is being developed.”

The Company envisions expanding its patent portfolio with the filing of foreign patent applications of similar scope. With the issuance of this patent, the Company has 26 issued patents and 60 pending patent applications worldwide.

About Titan Medical Inc.

Titan Medical Inc. is focused on research and development through to the planned commercialization of computer-assisted robotic surgical technologies for application in minimally invasive surgery. The Company is developing the SPORT Surgical System, a single-port robotic surgical system. The SPORT Surgical System is comprised of a surgeon-controlled patient cart that includes a 3D high-definition vision system and multi-articulating instruments for performing MIS procedures, and a surgeon workstation that provides an advanced ergonomic interface to the patient cart and a 3D endoscopic view inside the patient’s body. Titan intends to initially pursue focused surgical indications for the SPORT Surgical System, which may include one or more of gynecologic, urologic, colorectal or general abdominal procedures.

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