Orqis Medical Corporation, developer of the Cancion and Exeleras Systems to treat congestive heart failure, announced recently the second closing of its Series D round of financing, raising an additional $12 million. This brings the total funds raised in the Series D round to $34.7 million. The Company raised $22.7 million in an earlier closing of the round. Investors in the most recent financing include existing investors and three new investors including Wasatch Advisors, Inc. and its private equity affiliate, Cross Creek Capital, and the Omega Fund.

“We are pleased with the level of support the company has received from both new and existing investors in this financing,” stated Ken Charhut, President and CEO of Orqis Medical. “These funds will enable the company to complete the MOMENTUM Pivotal Trial, submit the PMA application for the percutaneous Cancion System to the FDA, and advance the Exeleras implantable device through first human use.”

“We are excited to join Orqis Medical in its development of novel therapies for the treatment of congestive heart failure” stated Jeff Cardon, President of Wasatch Advisors and Portfolio Manager of the Wasatch Small-Cap Growth Fund. “We believe Orqis Medical is a compelling opportunity because of the company's prospect of addressing a large unmet clinical need, promising initial clinical trial results and the strength of its management team.”

About Heart Failure

Almost 5 million Americans -- and 14 million worldwide -- suffer from heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes weakened and cannot pump blood efficiently. Heart failure is caused by coronary artery disease, past myocardial infarctions and other underlying cardiovascular disorders, and it is characterized by shortness of breath, wheezing and edema.

Improved therapies are crucial to advancing heart failure treatment, a disease that causes more than one million of hospitalizations each year and costs the U.S. healthcare system more than $29 billion annually.

Orqis Medical Corporation is a privately-held, clinical-stage medical device company seeking to redefine heart failure therapy by developing products that prevent or reverse underlying disease progression and provide new treatment options to the clinical community to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.

The company's percutaneous Cancion System, for the treatment of acutely decompensated heart failure, is CE marked and is currently under an investigational device exemption (IDE) investigation in the United States in the MOMENTUM Pivotal Trial. The company's implantable Exeleras System, about the size of an implantable cardiacverter defibrillator (ICD), is designed to treat mid- to late-stage chronic heart failure patients.

For more information, please visit www.orqis.com