{{Short description|American medical appliances and equipment company}} {{Infobox company | name = Hansen Medical, Inc. | logo = Hansen Medical Logo.jpeg | logo_size = 215px | type = Intravascular Robotics | traded_as = {{NASDAQ|HNSN}} | industry = Medical Appliances & Equipment | predecessor = | successor = Auris Surgical Robotics | foundation = {{Start date|2002}} | founder = Frederic Moll | location_city = Mountain View, California | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Cary Vance {{small|(CEO)}} | products = Sensei Robotic System and Magellan Robotic System | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | divisions = | footnotes = | intl = | location_country = U.S. }}
'''Hansen Medical, Inc,''' headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs and manufactures medical robotics for positioning and control of catheter-based technologies. Founded in 2002 by Frederic Moll, M.D., Hansen Medical develops tools that manipulate catheters by combining robotic technology and computerized movement. Some notable products include the Magellan Robotic System<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abraham |first=Nic |date=2015-10-07 |title=Hansen Medical announces first shipment of a Magellan Robotic System to New York/New Jersey metropolitan area |url=https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/hansen-medical-announces-first-shipment-of-a-magellan-robotic-system-to-new-yorknew-jersey-metropolitan-area/ |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Medical Design and Outsourcing |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Sensei Robotic System.
== History == In 2005, Hansen bought EndoVia Medical Inc., a medical robotics company.<ref name=BostonEndoVia>{{cite news|title=EndoVia Medical bought by Calif. firm|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2005/04/11/daily51.html|access-date=5 November 2014|work=Boston Business Journal|date=April 14, 2005}}</ref>
Later that year, Hansen Medical and Intuitive Surgical, another company founded by Moll, entered into a cross-licensing agreement that included Hansen's portfolio of 50 issued and pending patents and patent applications and Intuitive's 250 issued patents related to minimally invasive instruments and surgical robotics.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-10-31 |title=Hansen Medical Inks Expanded $20 Million Agreement With Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |url=https://www.biospace.com/hansen-medical-inks-expanded-20-million-agreement-with-intuitive-surgical-inc |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=BioSpace |language=en-US}}</ref> The agreement gave Intuitive Surgical an equity stake in Hansen and royalties on the future sales of Hansen Medical products. The full financial terms of the agreement were not made public.
Hansen Medical went public in 2006, raising $75 million in its initial public offering with two catheter systems under FDA review. The shares represented about 30% of the company.<ref name=CHVinitialIPO>{{cite press release|title=Hansen Medical Announces Initial Public Offering|url=http://catalysthealthventures.com/?p=2228|website=Catalyst Health Ventures|access-date=5 November 2014|date=November 16, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220184004/http://catalysthealthventures.com/?p=2228|archive-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=VbeatIPO>{{cite web|title=Hansen Medical, a medical robotics co., raises $75M in IPO|url=https://venturebeat.com/2006/11/16/hansen-medical-a-medical-robotics-co-raises-75m-in-ipo/|publisher=Venture Beat|access-date=6 November 2014|date=November 16, 2006}}</ref><ref name=SFGATE>{{cite news|last1=Egelko|first1=Bob|title=Securities and Exchange Commission has accused two former sales executives of a Mountain View medical supply company of illegally inflating revenue by prematurely installing hospital equipment and forging a doctor's signature to accelerate a sale.|url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/2-Hansen-Medical-execs-accused-of-fraud-forgery-2327950.php|access-date=6 November 2014|work=SF GATE|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 8, 2011}}</ref>
In July 2016, it was acquired by Auris Surgical Robotics in an $80 million merger.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hansen-medical-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-auris-surgical-1461157877|title=Hansen Medical Agrees to Be Acquired by Auris Surgical|last=Stynes|first=Tess|date=2016-04-20|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-09-06|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.massdevice.com/auris-surgical-robotics-closes-80m-hansen-medical-buy/|title=Auris Surgical Robotics closes $80m Hansen Medical buy – MassDevice|website=www.massdevice.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-04-26 |title=Auris Surgical Robotics Agrees to Acquire Hansen Medical |url=http://www.dicardiology.com/content/auris-surgical-robotics-agrees-acquire-hansen-medical |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=DAIC |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Medical technology companies of the United States