HNSN Hansen Medical, Inc. (MM)

Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in flexible robotics and the developer of robotic technology for accurate 3D control of catheter movement, today announced it will showcase its Magellan™ Robotic System at the 34th Annual Charing Cross International Symposium from April 14-17 in London.

Hansen Medical will also be exhibiting its NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter, designed to work with the Magellan Robotic System. The NorthStar Catheter is designed to simplify and enhance catheter navigation and therapeutic intervention through a variety of clinical cases in the peripheral vasculature. The Magellan Robotic System and NorthStar Robotic Catheter are CE marked and available for sale in Europe.

The Company will be conducting product demonstrations and exhibiting the Magellan Robotic System and NorthStar Robotic Catheter at Booth 409.

"We are excited to showcase our Magellan Robotic System and NorthStar Robotic Catheter at Charing Cross, a key conference of vascular surgeons, as we believe these exciting new products have the potential to enhance the way physicians navigate the vasculature based on the initial clinical and pre-clinical work and feedback from a number of leading clinicians worldwide," said Bruce Barclay, president and CEO of Hansen Medical. "The system and catheter give physicians maximum flexibility and control through independent distal tip control of a catheter and a sheath as well as through robotic manipulation of a standard guidewire from a centralized, remote workstation. Moreover, this proprietary technology is designed to deliver predictable catheter navigation of peripheral vessels."

In addition, the Company will be sponsoring a Lunch Symposium hosted jointly with Philips Healthcare, from 1:10pm-2:10pm on Sunday, April 15, in the Blue Learning Center. During this Symposium, Professor Jean-Paul de Vries, M.D., PhD., of St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Professor Jean-Pierre Becquemin, M.D., of Henri Mondor Hospital in Creteil, France, Dr. Jean Bismuth, M.D., of the DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Methodist Hospital in Houston, and Professor Nick Cheshire, M.D., of St. Mary's Hospital, part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in London, UK, will present on new frontiers in hybrid operating rooms, advanced imaging, and endovascular robotics.

"We are very pleased to host a Symposium with our partner Philips. This Symposium reflects our strong relationship with a global leader in medical imaging, and emphasizes the potential of combining advanced imaging with our flexible robotic catheter platform to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to our customers," concluded Barclay.

In addition, Dr. Celia Riga, M.D., of St. Mary's Hospital, part of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in London, will give a presentation on Hansen Medical's flexible robotic catheters in the CX Innovation Showcase session, at 12:05pm on Monday, April 16.

The Magellan Robotic System and NorthStar Robotic Catheter are intended to be used to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices.

About the Magellan™ Robotic System Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System is based upon the flexible robotic technology incorporated in the Sensei-X® Robotic Catheter System currently sold in the U.S. and Europe, which has been used in over 7,000 patients with cardiac arrhythmia, but includes a number of key enhancements. In particular, the Magellan Robotic System:

• Allows for independent, individual robotic control of the distal tips of both the outer sheath and the inner leader catheter, as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires.
• Is designed to allow for sufficient extension inside the body to access hard to reach peripheral anatomy.
• Preserves the open architecture featured in the Sensei System to allow for the subsequent use with most 6F therapeutic devices on the market today.
• Employs a catheter that is expected to be available in multiple lengths and has a low profile with significant flexibility to be compatible with most 6F treatment catheters currently used today.

In 2010, the Company announced the completion of its First-in-Man study in Europe during which 20 endovascular procedures were successfully performed with an earlier version of the Magellan Robotic System, demonstrating its potential to allow physicians to effectively treat peripheral vascular disease, while lessening radiation exposure.

In Europe, the Magellan Robotic System, including the NorthStar Robotic Catheter and related accessories, are CE marked. In the U.S., the Magellan Robotic System requires U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance, and a 510(k) application is currently pending. As such, the products are not commercially available in the U.S.

About Hansen Medical, Inc. Hansen Medical, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, develops products and technology using robotics for the accurate positioning, manipulation and control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. The Company's Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter were cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for manipulation and control of certain mapping catheters in electrophysiology (EP) procedures. This robotic catheter system is compatible with fluoroscopy, ultrasound, 3D surface map and patient electrocardiogram data. In the United States, the Sensei System is not approved for use in guiding ablation procedures; this use remains experimental and is currently under investigation in a multi-center IDE study. The U.S. product labeling provides that the safety and effectiveness of the Sensei X System and Artisan Control Catheter for use with cardiac ablation catheters in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), have not been established. In the European Union, the Sensei X System and Artisan Control Catheter are cleared for use during EP procedures, such as guiding catheters in the treatment of AF, and the Lynx® Robotic Ablation Catheter is cleared for the treatment of AF. The Company's Magellan™ Robotic System, NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter and related accessories, which are intended to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices, have undergone conformity assessment and CE marking and are commercially available in the European Union.

In the U.S., the Magellan™ Robotic System, the NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter and accessories are the subject of a current filing with the FDA and are not commercially available. Additional information can be found at www.hansenmedical.com.

Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, statements relating to goals, plans, expectations, objectives, milestones and future events. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words "plan," "expects," "potential," "believes," "goal," "estimate," "anticipates", and similar words. These statements are based on the current estimates and assumptions of our management as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the information expressed or implied by forward-looking statements made in this press release. Examples of such statements include statements about the anticipated growth of Hansen's flexible robotic technology in both EP and vascular applications and statements about the anticipated timing of regulatory clearances, including 510(k) clearance in the United States. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include, among others: engineering, regulatory and sales challenges in developing new products and entering new markets; potential safety and regulatory issues that could slow or suspend our sales; the uncertain timelines, costs and results of pre-clinical and clinical trials; the rate of adoption of our systems and the rate of use of our catheters; the scope and validity of intellectual property rights applicable to our products; competition from other companies; our ability to recruit and retain key personnel; our ability to maintain our remedial actions over previously reported material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting; the effect of credit, financial and economic conditions on capital spending by our potential customers; our ability to manage expenses and obtain additional financing; and other risks more fully described in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC on March 15, 2012 and the risks discussed in our other reports filed with the SEC. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. We undertake no obligation to revise or update information herein to reflect events or circumstances in the future, even if new information becomes available.

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Investor Contacts: Peter J. Mariani Chief Financial Officer Hansen Medical, Inc. 650.404.5800 FTI Consulting, Inc. Sharrifah Al-Salem, CFA 415.293.4414 Email Contact John Capodanno 212.850.5705 Email Contact