Surgical Robotics Technology
Titan Medical, a medical technology company focused on the design and development of innovative surgical technologies for robotic single access surgery, announced today that it has received payment from Medtronic plc after successfully achieving the final milestone under the development and license agreement announced on January 4, 2022. In addition, the senior secured loan from Medtronic has been retired.
Titan received a net payment from Medtronic of $8.3 million. The payment is comprised of a $10.0 million milestone payment related to achieving the final milestone and a $0.6 million payment related to certain legal, transaction and intellectual property costs. A portion of the gross amount of $10.6 million was used to retire the $2.3 million senior secured loan with Medtronic to get to the net payment. The senior secured loan retirement included the original note of $1.5 million plus $0.6 million in legal, transaction and intellectual property costs and $0.2 million in interest.
On June 4, 2020, Titan announced it had entered into a license agreement as well as a development and license agreement with Medtronic to advance certain robotic-assisted surgical technologies for use by both Titan and Medtronic. As a result of this development activity, Titan has filed several new patent applications for which it retains world-wide rights to independently commercialize the technologies for use with its own Enos™ robotic single access surgical system. Additionally, the company was able to further attract and develop its team in Chapel Hill, North Carolina to further expand its knowledge base in robotic assisted surgery. The collaboration with Medtronic was possible without impact to the timeline for the development of the Enos system. The previously announced delay in the timeline of the Enos system are due, in part, to an uncertain and evolving regulatory pathway; certain resource gaps, particularly in the transfer to manufacturing and regulatory capability; and uncertainty and challenges relating to manufacturing (which may be offset with the engagement of an OEM manufacturer as announced on January 11, 2022). Additional details of the agreements with Medtronic may be viewed at www.sedar.com and at www.sec.gov.
Source: Titan Medical.
