Valencia Technologies Announces Strategic Investment of up to $35 Million and Appointment of James D. Surek as Chief Executive Officer
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Notably, Jim was a key member of the executive team that grew revenue to over $200 million in three years at neuromodulation company Advanced Bionics. of Stony Brook Medicine commented, "Many patients suffering from the embarrassment and anxiety of living with overactive bladder want an alternative to costly medications and other more involved treatments. With the eCoin system, I can offer urge urinary incontinence patients an effective alternative with a single procedure, few office visits, and set it and forget it convenience. "The eCoin device is a coin-sized neurostimulator which is implanted under the skin near the ankle during a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure utilizing local anesthetic. In its pivotal clinical study, the eCoin system reduced episodes of urge urinary incontinence (UUI) by at least 50% in 75% of patients at one year.