May 2026

Francis Medical Announces Further Expansion of Commercial Vanquish® Procedures to Ablate Prostate Tissue

2026-05-06T13:39:18-05:00May 6th, 2026|Press Release|

Minneapolis [May 06, 2026] – Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Maple Grove, Minn., today announced that Naveen Kella, MD, of The Urology Place has successfully completed the first commercial procedures in San Antonio, Texas, using the Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, a minimally invasive technology designed to ablate targeted prostate tissue. Dr. Kella, who was also a clinical investigator in the VAPOR 2 pivotal study, performed the procedures on patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer at Huebner Ambulatory Surgery Center.

April 2026

Francis Medical Announces First Commercial Vanquish® Procedure to Ablate Prostate Tissue in the Midwest

2026-04-20T17:16:40-05:00April 21st, 2026|Press Release|

Minneapolis [April 21, 2026] – Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company based out of Maple Grove, MN, today announced that Aaron Milbank, MD. of Minnesota Urology has successfully completed the first commercial procedure in the Midwest using the Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, a minimally invasive technology designed to ablate targeted prostate tissue.

Francis Medical Announces Further Commercial Expansion of Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation with First Commercial Procedures to Ablate Targeted Prostate Tissue in the Southeast

2026-04-16T08:53:16-05:00April 16th, 2026|Press Release|

Minneapolis, MN [April 16, 2026] – Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company, today announced the continued expansion of its U.S. commercial launch with the first commercial procedures performed using the Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System in the Southeast, a minimally invasive technology designed to ablate targeted prostate tissue.

March 2026

Francis Medical Announces First Commercial Vanquish® Procedure on the East Coast for Prostate Tissue Ablation

2026-03-25T08:24:11-05:00March 25th, 2026|Press Release|

Minneapolis, MN [March. 25, 2026] – Francis Medical, Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today the successful completion of the first commercial (non-clinical study) procedure on the East Coast using the Vanquish® Water Vapor Ablation System, a minimally invasive technology designed to ablate targeted prostate tissue while potentially helping to preserve urinary and sexual function.

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September 2021

Press Release: Francis Medical Announces Close of $55 Million Series B Equity Financing

2025-10-30T17:28:13-05:00September 15th, 2021|Press Release|

September 15, 2021: Francis Medical today announced the completion of the company’s $55.0 million Series B equity financing. The company plans to use the Series B proceeds to fund the development of its proprietary prostate cancer treatment through FDA 510(k) approval, which includes a pivotal clinical study (VAPOR 2) for the management of prostate cancer, scheduled to begin enrollment in August 2022

June 2021

Press Release: Francis Medical Announces Positive Data from VAPOR 1 IDE Study for Water Vapor Ablation of Prostate Cancer

2026-01-07T11:39:35-06:00June 8th, 2021|Press Release|

June 8, 2021: Francis Medical announces positive data from its Vapor 1 IDE Study for water vapor ablation of prostate cancer. These promising results support the intent of this therapy to manage clinically significant disease while decreasing morbidities associated with currently used prostate cancer treatments

September 2020

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