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    Alucent Biomedical, a privately held medical technology company founded to transform the way vascular disease is treated, has closed a $35 million Series B financing round led by a large multinational strategic investor and joined by another new investor, Fresenius Medical Care Ventures. Alucent was founded by the Avera Research Institute, an arm of Avera Health, which also contributed to the financing. Including the Series B funding, the company has raised approximately $60 million to date.
     
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    The Alucent NVS Vessel Restoration System with Photoactivated Linking is designed to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD) of the lower extremities, a painful and debilitating condition affecting over 200 million people worldwide. The system is designed to use AlucentNVS technology to open vessels and keep them open without the use of permanent implants, such as stents. Sustained, improved blood flow may result in pain relief, limb preservation, a reduction in reinterventions and an improved quality of life for patients.
     
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    Pre-clinical testing of AlucentNVS in animal studies has shown acute and long-term safety and patency without the pro-inflammatory and mechanical risks of placing a rigid foreign implant into the blood vessel.
     
    ACTIVATE I has begun enrollment and will include up to 15 subjects across up to five U.S. research sites. The ACTIVATE II IDE study is planned for mid-2021 for up to 100 participants at up to 15 medical centers in the United States.
     
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