Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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TORONTO, ON -- (Marketwired) -- 07/10/17 -- Titan Medical Inc. ("Titan" or the "Company") (TSX: TMD) BIG NEWS;! Olé!!!
(OTCQB: TITXF), a medical device company focused on the design, development and commercialization of a robotic surgical system for application in minimally invasive surgery (MIS), announces a collaboration with Florida Hospital Nicholson Center for feasibility and validation studies to support Titan's regulatory application for its SPORT Surgical System. These studies are expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2017 and continue into 2018.
David McNally, President and CEO of Titan Medical, said, "We are delighted to enter into this agreement with Florida Hospital Nicholson Center for continued feasibility and validation studies for the SPORT system. The Florida Hospital Nicholson Center is a world-class, state-of-the-art training and research facility with demonstrated leadership in robotic surgery innovation and training. With an accessible Orlando location, it has one of the country's largest and most experienced medical learning and simulation incubation centers dedicated to advancing next-generation clinical knowledge. Through this strategic alliance, Titan will also benefit from access to many leading multispecialty key opinion leaders and their surgical expertise in fine-tuning the SPORT system during this critical development phase."
"Florida Hospital Nicholson Center is one of three sites contemplated for our validation and feasibility studies. We look forward to engaging the other two sites during the current quarter, with completion of these studies in 2018," added Mr. McNally.
J. Scott Magnuson, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, said, "We are excited about helping Titan Medical benefit from the clinical expertise our institution offers in further refining their SPORT surgical system for regulatory submission. Our brand-new, 54,000-square-foot facility is a model for open collaborations to advance practices and standards across the entire spectrum of minimally invasive, laparoscopic, robotic, telemedicine and medical simulation. It is a place where innovators come together to build upon the brilliant work of industry pioneers to achieve breakthroughs that will revolutionize the way we perform surgery. We believe that Titan's single port surgical solution holds promise for continuing the surgical revolution."