{"id":578866,"date":"2024-04-27T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/?p=578866"},"modified":"2024-04-26T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T20:58:21","slug":"titan-medical-gives-progress-report-about-conavi-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-gives-progress-report-about-conavi-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan Medical gives progress report about Conavi merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-578872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Titan Medical &amp; Conavi. \" width=\"768\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1-300x195.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1-150x97.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Titan-Medical-Conavi-Medical-768x499-1-366x238.jpeg 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Titan Medical Inc. this week provided a progress update regarding its planned merger with Conavi Inc. They said the combined entity will continue working to commercialize Conanvi&#8217;s Novasight Hybrid system for guiding minimally invasive coronary procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto-based Conavi Medical designs, makes, and sells imaging technologies for guiding cardiovascular procedures.&nbsp;Novasight Hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novasighthybrid.com\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">combines<\/a> intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) to enable simultaneous and co-registered imaging of coronary arteries. The system has FDA 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).<\/p>\n<p>Conavi and Titan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2024\/04\/22\/2866766\/0\/en\/Titan-Provides-Update-on-Planned-Merger-with-Conavi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> they are continuing work on the all-stock transaction under a definitive amalgamation agreement first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-enters-merger-with-conavi-medical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> last month. That includes the preparation of submissions to list Titan shares on the TSX Venture Exchange. That listing would follow de-listing from the Toronto Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The companies said they also plan to complete Titan\u2019s management information circular and related documents. Titan plans to hold a special meeting for shareholders to approve the transaction and related matters.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Conavi said it is preparing concurrent financing of subscription receipts worth at least $15 million and up to $20 million.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jog Mode - Novasight Hybrid System\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YgnudyXLTck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Titan Medical licenses IP, evaluates options<\/h2>\n<p>Toronto-based Titan Medical had developed patented technology for robot-assisted surgery (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/surgical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RAS<\/a>), including through a single access point. This merger comes after more than a year of uncertainty around the future of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/titan-medical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2022, Titan suspended a special meeting of shareholders meant<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-seeks-share-consolidation-to-retain-public-listing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;to vote on a share consolidation plan<\/a>. Management decided to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-to-begin-strategic-review-may-explore-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">begin a strategic review<\/a>, and announced significant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massdevice.com\/titan-medical-cost-cutting-furloughs-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost-cutting measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Titan went on to halt development of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-to-start-manufacturing-enos-systems-later-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENOS<\/a> surgical robot in February 2023.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/titan-medical-licenses-out-most-of-its-ip-to-intuitive-ceo-steps-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The company began selling assets<\/a> and licensed much of its intellectual property (IP) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/intuitive-surgical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intuitive Surgical<\/a> to avoid insolvency.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it is focused on &#8220;evaluating new opportunities to further develop and license its intellectual property while pursuing the completion of its agreed-upon merger with Conavi Medical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note: <\/strong>This article was syndicated from&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Robot Report<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;sibling site <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.massdevice.com\/titan-medical-progresses-conavi-merger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MassDevice<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em>Learn more about robots for surgery and other applications at next week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robotics Summit &amp; Expo<\/a> and co-located <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devicetalks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeviceTalks Boston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The events will include speakers from Medtronic, Asensus Surgical, Intuitive Surgical, and more, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/massrobotics-strategic-partner-2024-robotics-summit-expo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MassRobotics<\/a> Healthcare Catalyst Showcase. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/4d985663-2d6f-4121-94de-b2037e53a579\/regPage:617b1dc3-3ddb-4468-8087-049a4e6e51e8?rp=982838d6-1320-4b36-b6a2-a9d39ae14ef9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is now open<\/a> for the Robotics Summit &amp; Expo, which also features sessions and exhibits with industry leaders, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\/massrobotics-career-fair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engineering Career Fair<\/a>, and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-568305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/RSE24_728x90_RegOpen_Vs1.jpg\" alt=\"SITE AD for the 2024 Robotics Summit registration.\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roboticssummit.com\/\">Learn from Agility Robotics, Amazon, Disney, Teradyne and many more.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Titan Medical and Conavi aim to commercialize Conavi\u2019s Novasight Hybrid system for guiding common minimally invasive coronary procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":578872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rbr50_analysis":"","rbr50_state":"","rbr50_country":"","rbr50_description":"","rbr50_numemps":"","rbr50_text_taxonomy_radio":null,"rbr50_text_taxonomy_select":"","rbr50_url":"","rbr50_yearfounded":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3502,1770,1277,1865,1401,2012,2016],"tags":[4350,1904],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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