Ablative Solutions Adds Key Opinion Leader to its Scientific Advisory Board

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ablative Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a venture-backed, privately-held clinical stage company, announced today the addition of Gregg W. Stone, MD, to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Stone is the Director of Cardiovascular Research and Education at the Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York.  An internationally recognized interventional cardiologist, Dr. Stone has extensive experience in advancing new innovative technologies through clinical research.

ASI has developed an innovative, patented device, the Peregrine System™ Infusion Catheter.  The device has received CE Mark approval, allowing it to be used in Europe to treat hypertensive patients by infusing a neurolytic agent into the perimeter surrounding the renal artery, targeting the sympathetic nerves that contribute to hypertension.  The Peregrine System has been 510(k) cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the infusion of diagnostic and therapeutic agents into the perivascular area; however, it is not currently cleared or approved in the U.S. for the treatment of hypertension. 

"Recent publications have suggested that reliably interrupting the sympathetic nerve pathways may have beneficial effects in patients with hypertension," observed Dr. Stone.  "I'm encouraged by the extensive pre-clinical and early clinical results of the Peregrine System Catheter, the circumferential nerve ablative effects of Ablative Solutions' targeted infusion, and the device's potential to add clinical value."

In welcoming Dr. Stone to ASI's Scientific Advisory Board, Ablative Solutions Chief Executive and Medical Officer, Tim Fischell, MD, recognized his extensive experience.  "We are honored to have Dr. Stone's guidance as our company moves forward with clinical plans for Europe and, in the future, the U.S.," Dr. Fischell stated.

ASI is headquartered in Kalamazoo, MI, with offices in Palo Alto, CA.  The company was founded by two proven medical device entrepreneurs, Tim Fischell, MD, and David Fischell, PhD.  Development efforts have been led by ASI President Vartan Ghazarossian, PhD, and Tim Fischell, MD, CEO. The Company has pioneered the development of a unique, patented technology, the Peregrine System, to deliver diagnostic and therapeutic agents directly to the perivascular region that surrounds blood vessels.

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Vartan Ghazarossian, PhD
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