Medicos Hirata announces the commencement of its global clinical trial of a new stent for treating wide-neck intracranial aneurysms jointly conducted with Penumbra, Inc. For further details, please refer to the press release below.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130930006724/ja/

Medico's Hirata concluded an exclusive distribution agreement for Japanese market with Lombard Medical Technologies PLC( which headquarter is in Britain), for their flagship product; endovascular stent graft to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA).
For more details, please refer their homepage.

http://www.lombardmedical.com/

Medico’s Hirata started exclusively selling "BONASTENT" (endoscopic biliary metallic stent) in Japan on January 18, 2013.
We hope to make further contributions to facilitating endoscopic treatment of the biliary tract.

Medico’s Hirata entered into an exclusive distributor agreement with Medi-Globe GmbH for the Japanese market.
Medi-Globe GmbH, headquartered in Germany, sells endoscopy-related devices in approx. 50 countries around the world.
Medico’s Hirata will serve as a sole distributor of Medi-Globe GmbH products in Japan.
We believe that we will be able to help better endoscopic testing and treatment in the gastrointestinal, bilio pancreatic and respiratory fields in the future.

Medico’s Hirata started distributing the new endoscopic ultrasound scope EG-3270UK (manufactured by PENTAX Life care, a division of Hoya Group) on August 1, 2012.
We hope that this convex-type device with a slim insertion tube compared with the conventional convex-type ultrasound endoscopes, will achieve not only mitigation of patients’ pain but also smooth testing by healthcare professionals.

Medico’s Hirata announces the launch of its self-developed “Dualoop ® Snare”, ディスポーザブル内視鏡高周波スネア(Certification Number 223ADBZX00031000) .This product makes possible 2 loop sizes (16mm and 33mm) in a single device to treat various sized lesions in EMR procedures. The wire has an optimal stiffness to capture polyps easily, and to maintain flatness while grasping.

Penumbra System (Approval Number 22300BZX00269000; Penumbra Inc., USA), a clot retrieval device for acute stroke will be reimbursed.
The Penumbra System received marketing approval by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on June 9th, 2011. It treats acute stroke by inserting a catheter connected to the aspiration pump under radioscopy, through a patient’s femoral artery, and aspirating/retrieving clots in the affected area.
This product is indicated for acute stroke patients presented within 8 hours of symptom onset, who are contraindicated to t-PA or did not achieve revascularization by t-PA administration.

We concluded an exclusive distributorship agreement in Japan with STARmed Co., Ltd. STARmed is a manufacturer/seller of radiofrequency ablation devices.
For details, please refer to STARmed’s company website.

http://www.starmed4u.com

Medico’s Hirata and HOYA Corporation concluded a distributor agreement in Japan on October 12th, for sales of PENTAX line ESD products and endoscopic ultrasound scopes, manufactured and sold by HOYA Corporation.
We will promote the sales of the endoscopic ultrasound scopes, used with an observation apparatus manufactured by Hitachi Medical Corporation, as a three-party joint project.

We now sell “LungPointⓇ Software Planning Version” by Broncus Medical, Inc. *1
This software system offers various assistance in planning treatment before actually performing Bronchoscopy, which includes laying out 3D images to help　determine which airway path to select. Since the system allows smooth airway path search, it definitely opens up a dozen of possibilities for the future.

*1 http://www.broncus.com