MICROBOT MEDICAL INC. (NASDAQ:MBOT) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 14, 2019, Microbot Medical Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has validated the operational effectiveness of the Company’s Self-Cleaning Shunt (SCS™) in a recent independent in-vitro laboratory study. The Company also shared images of its SCS™ from the laboratory study that clearly demonstrate the device prevented shunt occlusion. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
On January 14, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that it received a notification from the European Patent Office that it will grant a patent for Application No. 08738207, which covers the Company’s ViRob™ technology platform. Including this latest notification, the Company has 30 issued/allowed patents and 18 patent applications pending worldwide. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 of Item 9.01 is being furnished to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Item 7.01 or Exhibits 99.1 or 99.2 of Item 9.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Microbot Medical Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.htm Recent Study Validates the Operational Effectiveness of Microbot Medical’s Self-Cleaning Shunt (SCSTM) HINGHAM,…
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About MICROBOT MEDICAL INC. (NASDAQ:MBOT)
Microbot Medical Inc., formerly StemCells, Inc., is a medical device company. The Company specializes in the researching, designing, developing and commercializing transformational micro-robotic medical technologies leveraging the artificial and natural lumens within the human body. It is engaged in developing its two product candidates: the Self Cleaning Shunt (SCS) for the treatment of hydrocephalus and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), and TipCAT, a self-propelling, semi-disposable endoscope that the Company is developing for use in colonoscopy procedures. Its ViRob technology is an autonomous crawling micro-robot, which can be controlled remotely or within the body. The Microbot SCS device is a robotic system designed as the ventricular catheter portion of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt system. The Company’s TipCAT is an endoscope that provides see and treat capabilities within tubular lumens in the human body, such as the colon, blood vessels and the urinary tract.