Zynex Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for InWave Medical Device
LONE TREE, CO--(Marketwire -08/30/12)- Zynex, Inc. (ZYXI), a provider and developer of non-invasive medical devices for electrotherapy, stroke rehabilitation, neurological diagnosis and cardiac monitoring, announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance on its InWave medical device.
The InWave device is the newest product in the Zynex portfolio, and will be manufactured, marketed and sold through our Zynex Medical subsidiary. This device is used primarily for treating female urinary incontinence. Incontinence is defined as the involuntary loss of bladder or bowel control. According to the National Association for Continence, urinary incontinence affects 200 million people world-wide, and it is believed that 80% of those sufferers are women.
Zynex's CEO, Thomas Sandgaard, commented; "We are very excited about the introduction of this new product. The InWave adds to our already broad product line and is reimbursed by health insurance. We believe it will provide our expanding sales force an additional tool to fuel revenue generation in our rapid growing Zynex Medical subsidiary."
About Zynex
Zynex (founded in 1996), operates under three primary business segments; Zynex Medical, Zynex NeuroDiagnostics and Zynex Monitoring Solutions. Zynex Medical engineers, manufactures, markets and sells its own design of electrotherapy medical devices for electrotherapy, used for pain management and rehabilitation. Zynex Medical's product lines are fully developed, FDA-cleared and commercially sold world-wide. Zynex NeuroDiagnostics, sells the company's proprietary NeuroMove device designed to help stroke and spinal cord injury patients and is currently expanding into markets for EMG, EEG, sleep pattern, auditory and nerve conductivity neurological diagnosis devices through product development and acquisitions. Zynex Monitoring Solutions, currently in the development stage, has been established to develop and market medical devices for non-invasive cardiac monitoring.
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