First US 'remote training' account

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Deltex Medical Group PLC

06 May 2015

 



6 May 2015

Deltex Medical Group plc

("Deltex Medical", "the Company" or "the Group")

First US 'remote training' account

Deltex Medical Group plc (LSE-AIM: DEMG), the global leader in oesophageal Doppler monitoring ("ODM"), announces that it has established its first remote trainer account in the USA as part of its programme to build a platform for national roll-out of ODM.

The account is a teaching hospital in New York State, which has elected to implement its own clinical training programmes on ODM with minimal, primarily remote, support from the Company. Average monthly probe purchases in the first four months of this year have been up circa 60% on 2014 at just under 40 probes a month. Clinicians leading the implementation are targeting an average monthly usage of 100 or more probes within three years.

The Company is working with the hospital to determine how best to deploy its newly launched e-learning modules to support remotely further adoption of ODM.

Ewan Phillips, Deltex Medical's Chief Executive, commented:

"This is the fourth account added to our US platform programme this year and the tenth in total, with the other nine being under our dedicated trainer model. As well as further progress towards our goal of readying the business for national roll-out of ODM towards the middle of 2016, this account represents early success with a lower cost clinical support model as we move to increased deployment of digital training platforms."

For further information, please contact:-

Deltex Medical Group plc	01243 774 837 [e-mail]
Nigel Keen, Chairman
Ewan Phillips, Chief Executive
Barry Curtis, Company Secretary
Nominated Adviser & Broker
Arden Partners plc	020 7614 5900
Chris Hardie
Joint Broker Zeus Capital Limited Phil Walker Dominic Wilson	020 7533 7727
Financial Public Relations
Newgate	020 7653 9850
Tim Thompson
Robyn McConnachie Ed Treadwell

Notes for Editors

Deltex Medical manufactures and markets haemodynamic monitoring technologies. Deltex Medical's ODM is the only technology to measure blood flow in the central circulation in real time. Minimally invasive, easy to set up and quick to focus, the technology generates a low-frequency ultrasound signal, which is highly sensitive to changes in flow and measures them immediately. Deltex has been the only company in the enhanced haemodynamic space to build a robust and credible evidence base proving the clinical and economic benefits of its core technology, ODM. Randomised, controlled trials using Doppler have demonstrated that early fluid management intervention will reduce post-operative complications, reduce intensive care admissions, and reduce the length of hospital stay.

During 2013, the Company launched the CardioQ-ODM+ monitor that offers clinicians both of the two best-established technologies, Deltex Medical's ODM technology as well as Pulse Pressure Waveform Analysis ('PPWA') in one monitor. This allows clinicians to have unique real time insights into each of flow, pressure and resistance, the three pillars of haemodynamics.

Company goal

ODM is increasingly recognised as a standard of care for patients undergoing major surgery and in critical care. The broader clinical area of haemodynamic management of which ODM is a core constituent is also now becoming widely accepted as an important major new medical modality. Consequently, the Company's focus is on maximising value from the opportunities presented as enhanced haemodynamic management is adopted into routine clinical practice around the world.

The Company is currently in the implementation phase of achieving this goal in a number of territories worldwide, operating directly in the UK, USA, Spain and Canada and through distribution arrangements in a further 30 countries.

There are over 3,200 monitors installed in hospitals around the world and over 600,000 patients have been treated to date using Deltex Medical's single patient disposable probes.

 

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