Description of the Business and Liquidity |
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Description Of Business And Liquidity [Abstract] | |||
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 September 30, 2019 of $111 million. Since inception, the Company has financed its operations principally from the sale of equity securities, the issuance of notes payable, product and service contracts and license arrangements.
The Company’s plans for the next twelve months reflect management’s anticipation of: (a) 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, and from expansion of its product and service platforms; (b) growth in operating expenses that will be modest in comparison to the anticipated growth in revenues, with resulting decreases in loss from operations and in cash used in operations, albeit continuing to result in operations consuming cash over at least the next twelve months; and (c) financing activities to support repayment of debt obligations maturing in 2020 as discussed in Note 5. In management’s opinion, cash and cash equivalent balances at September 30, 2019, when combined with the Company’s operational and financing plans as set forth herein, are sufficient to support the Company’s operations and meet its obligations for at least the next twelve months. There is no assurance, however, that the Company will be able to achieve the objectives set forth in such plans. |