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Description of the Business and Liquidity

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Description of the Business and Liquidity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Description Of Business And Liquidity  
Description of the Business and Liquidity
1. Description of the Business and Liquidity

 

MRI Interventions, Inc. (the “Company”) is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of technology that enables physicians to see inside the brain and heart using direct, intra-procedural magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) guidance while performing minimally invasive surgical procedures.

 

The Company’s ClearPoint system, an integrated system comprised of reusable and disposable products, is designed to allow minimally invasive procedures in the brain to be performed in an MRI suite. The Company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in 2010 to market the ClearPoint system in the United States for general neurological interventional procedures. The Company’s ClearTrace system is a product candidate that is designed to allow catheter-based minimally invasive procedures in the heart to be performed in an MRI suite. Although still a product candidate, the Company has reduced its efforts to commercialize the ClearTrace system.

 

Liquidity and Management’s Plans

 

The Company has incurred net losses since its inception which has resulted in a cumulative deficit at March 31, 2019 of $108 million. Since inception, the Company has financed its operations principally from the sale of equity securities, the issuance of notes payable and license arrangements.

 

The Company’s plans for the next twelve months reflect management’s anticipation of increases in revenues from sales of the ClearPoint System and related disposable products resulting from greater utilization at existing installed sites and the installation of the ClearPoint system at new sites. Management also anticipates that growth in operating expenses will be modest in comparison to the anticipated growth in revenues, with resulting decreases in loss from operations and in cash used in operations. There is no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to achieve its anticipated results, and even in the event such results are achieved, the Company expects to continue to consume cash in its operations over at least the next twelve months.

 

As discussed in Note 9, in May 2019 the Company entered into Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors under which such investors have committed to purchase a minimum of approximately 1,743,068 shares of the Company’s common stock at $3.10 per share. The Company anticipates that the sales under the Securities Purchase Agreement will close on or about May 17, 2019. Accordingly, the Company expects to receive minimum proceeds of approximately $5.4 million, before deducting offering expenses aggregating approximately $100,000. In management’s opinion, such proceeds, when combined with the Company’s cash and cash equivalent balances at March 31, 2019, are sufficient to support the Company’s operations for at least the next twelve months.