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Protaryx Medical Announces $8.3M in Funding for First-in-Class Technology for Left Atrial Access in Transcatheter Cardiac Procedures

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

$5.1M Series A Funding Led by Ajax Health Will Be Used to Develop First-in-Class Product Designed with Three-Dimensional, Independent Steerability to Deliver Reliable Access

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Protaryx™ Medical, a company committed to reimagining access to the left atrium for transcatheter cardiac procedures, today announced that it has raised $8.3 million in funding to develop the company’s first-in-class device for precision transseptal access to the left atrium during structural heart and catheter ablation procedures. The company’s funding includes non-dilutive grants and a seed round totaling $3.2 million and the recently closed $5.1M Series A financing led by Ajax Health, with participation from University of Maryland (UM) Ventures, a returning investor.

Designed for use in catheter-based procedures such as mitral valve repair and replacement, left atrial appendage closure and catheter ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmias, the Protaryx device is intended to provide physicians with confidence in accuracy and safety through independent steerability and three-dimensional control to streamline rapid crossing to the left heart.

Read the full release from Protaryx.