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were approximately 267 holders of record of our common stock.
+Added: plan to effect a reverse split of our common stock, or the Planned Reverse Split, and, accordingly, share amounts, per share data,
+Added: share prices, exercise prices or conversion rates in this annual report on Form 10-K are subject to change following the effectiveness
+Added: of the Planned Reverse Split.
+Added: The Planned Reverse Split will not change the authorized number of shares or the par value of our
+Added: common stock.
the past, we have not declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock.
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rather, we intend to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the operation and expansion of our business and for general corporate
+Added: holders of Series C Preferred Stock are not entitled to receive any dividends, unless and until specifically declared by our board
+Added: of directors.
+Added: However, holders of our Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends on shares of Series C Preferred
+Added: Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to-common-stock basis, and without giving effect for such purposes to the 4.99% or 9.99% beneficial
+Added: ownership limitation, as applicable) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the common stock when such
+Added: dividends are specifically declared by our board of directors.
+Added: We are not obligated to redeem or repurchase any shares of Series
+Added: C Preferred Stock.
+Added: Shares of Series C Preferred Stock are not otherwise entitled to any redemption rights, or mandatory sinking
+Added: fund or analogous fund provision.
Selected Financial Data.
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Our CGuard EPS received CE mark approval in the European Union in March
−Removed: 2013, and we launched its release on a limited basis in October 2014.
−Removed: In January 2015, a new version of CGuard, with a rapid exchange
−Removed: delivery system, received CE mark approval in Europe and in September 2015, we announced the full market launch of CGuard EPS
−Removed: Subsequently, we launched CGuard EPS in Russia and certain countries in Latin America and Asia, including India.
−Removed: expect to receive approval to launch CGuard EPS in Brazil, and we are seeking strategic partners for potential launch of CGuard
−Removed: EPS in Japan and China.
−Removed: April 2017, we had a pre-investigational device exemption (“IDE”) submission meeting with the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration
−Removed: (“FDA”) regarding CGuard EPS where we presented materials that we believed would support a formal IDE submission seeking
−Removed: approval to conduct a human clinical trial in the United States which included our draft synopsis for the clinical trial design.
−Removed: The FDA agreed to our pre-clinical test plan and clinical trial design.
−Removed: On July 26, 2019, we submitted an IDE application for
−Removed: In connection with such application, on August 23, 2019, we received a request for additional information from the
−Removed: FDA in support of our application.
−Removed: We continue to work closely with the FDA to address FDA’s information and testing requests
−Removed: in support of our pending IDE application, as the initiation of clinical testing in the U.S.
−Removed: is our current highest priority.
−Removed: Following resolution of all comments from the FDA, we plan to re-submit the IDE application, as IDE approval by the FDA would
−Removed: be a critical step toward the commencement of a human clinical trial using CGuard EPS in the United States.
−Removed: we intend to continue to evaluate potential product enhancements and manufacturing enhancements for CGuard EPS that are
+Added: 2013 and was fully launched in Europe in September 2015.
+Added: Subsequently, we launched CGuard EPS in Russia and certain countries
+Added: in Latin America and Asia, including India.
+Added: In September 2020, we launched CGuard EPS in Brazil after receiving regulatory approval
+Added: in July 2020 and, as discussed below, on February 3, 2021 we executed a distribution agreement with Chinese partners for the purpose
+Added: of expanding our presence in China.
+Added: Currently, we are seeking strategic partners for a potential launch of CGuard EPS in Japan.
+Added: September 8, 2020, we received approval from the FDA of our Investigation Device Exemption (“IDE”), thereby allowing
+Added: us to proceed with a pivotal study of our CGuard™
+Added: Carotid Stent System, CARENET-III, for prevention of stroke in patients
+Added: in the United States.
+Added: CARENET-lll is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm, pivotal study to evaluate the safety and efficacy
+Added: of the CGuard™
+Added: Carotid Stent System when used to treat symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in patients
+Added: undergoing carotid artery stenting.
+Added: The trial will enroll approximately 315 subjects in a maximum of 40 study sites located in
+Added: the United States.
+Added: Additional sites in Europe may also participate in the study, contributing a maximum of ~50% of the total enrollees.
+Added: The primary endpoint of the study will be the composite of the following:
+Added: incidence of the following major adverse events:
+Added: (all- cause mortality), all stroke, and myocardial infarction (DSMI) through 30-days post-index procedure, based on the clinical
+Added: events committee (CEC) adjudication or ipsilateral stroke from 31-365 day follow-up, based on Clinical Events Committee (CEC)
+Added: adjudication.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: we intend to continue to invest in current and future potential product and manufacturing enhancements for CGuard EPS that are
expected to reduce cost of goods and/or provide the best-in-class performing delivery system.
−Removed: In furtherance of our strategy
−Removed: focusing on establishing CGuard EPS as a viable alternative to vascular surgery, we are exploring adding a procedural protection
−Removed: device to our portfolio incorporating the principal of reverse flow of the carotid artery as an adjunctive alternative to femoral
−Removed: We cannot give any assurance that we will receive sufficient (or any) proceeds from future financings or the timing
−Removed: of such financings, if ever for potential product enhancements and manufacturing enhancements.
−Removed: In addition, such additional financings
−Removed: may be costly or difficult to complete.
−Removed: Even if we receive sufficient proceeds from future financings, there is no assurance that
−Removed: we will be able to timely apply for CE mark approval following our receipt of such proceeds.
−Removed: We believe these improvements may
−Removed: allow us to reduce cost of goods and increase penetration in our existing geographies and better position us for entry into new
−Removed: consider the addressable market for our CGuard EPS consists of individuals with diagnosed, symptomatic high-grade carotid artery
−Removed: stenosis (HGCS, ≥70% occlusion) for whom an intervention is preferable to medical (drug) therapy.
−Removed: This group includes not only
−Removed: carotid artery stenting patients but also individuals undergoing carotid endarterectomy, as the two approaches compete for the
−Removed: same patient population.
−Removed: Assuming full penetration of the intervention caseload by CGuard EPS, we estimate that the addressable
−Removed: market for CGuard EPS was approximately $1.0 billion in 2017.
−Removed: Health Research International 2017 Results of Update
−Removed: Report on Global Carotid Stenting Procedures and Markets by Major Geography and Addressable Markets ).
+Added: In furtherance of our strategy that
+Added: focuses on establishing CGuard EPS as a viable alternative to vascular surgery, we are exploring adding new delivery systems and
+Added: accessory solutions for procedural protection to our portfolio.
+Added: consider the addressable market for our CGuard EPS to be individuals with diagnosed, symptomatic high-grade carotid artery stenosis
+Added: (HGCS, ≥70% occlusion) for whom intervention is preferable to medical (drug) therapy.
+Added: This group includes not only carotid
+Added: artery stenting patients but also individuals undergoing carotid endarterectomy, as the two approaches compete for the same patient
+Added: Assuming full penetration of the intervention caseload by CGuard EPS, we estimate that the addressable market for
+Added: CGuard EPS was approximately $1.0 billion in 2017 (source:
+Added: Health Research International 2017 Results of Update Report on Global
+Added: Carotid Stenting Procedures and Markets by Major Geography and Addressable Markets).
MGuard™
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decided to curtail further development of this product in order to focus on the development of a drug-eluting stent product, MGuard
−Removed: Due to limited resources, though, our efforts have been limited to testing drug-eluting stents manufactured by potential
+Added: Due to limited resources, however, our efforts have been limited to testing drug-eluting stents manufactured by potential
partners for compatibility with MicroNet and seeking to incorporate MicroNet onto a drug-eluting stent manufactured by a potential
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none of our products may be sold or marketed in the United States.
−Removed: as of 5:00 p.m.
−Removed: Eastern Time on March 29, 2019, we amended our amended and restated certificate of incorporation in order to effectuate
−Removed: a 1-for-50 reverse stock split of our outstanding shares of common stock.
Accounting Policies
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applicable to these consolidated financial statements, the most significant estimates and assumptions relate to inventory valuations,
−Removed: classification and fair value of financial instruments, and legal contingencies.
−Removed: currency of the primary economic environment in which our operations and the operations of our subsidiaries are conducted is the
−Removed: dollar (“$”
−Removed: or “dollar”).
−Removed: Accordingly, our and our subsidiaries’
−Removed: functional currency is the
−Removed: dollar figures are determined as follows:
−Removed: transactions and balances originally denominated in dollars are presented in their original
−Removed: Balances in foreign currencies are translated into dollars using historical and current exchange rates for non-monetary
−Removed: and monetary balances, respectively.
−Removed: The resulting translation gains or losses are recorded as financial income or expense, as
−Removed: For transactions reflected in the statements of operations in foreign currencies, the exchange rates at transaction
−Removed: dates are used.
−Removed: Depreciation and changes in inventories and other changes deriving from non-monetary items are based on historical
−Removed: exchange rates.
+Added: assessing the likelihood of exercise of options to extend the lease term and legal contingencies.
Concentration
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deposited in major financially sound institutions in the United States, Israel and Germany, and trade accounts receivable.
−Removed: trade accounts receivable are derived from revenues earned from customers from various countries.
+Added: trade accounts receivable is derived from revenues earned from customers from various countries.
We perform ongoing credit evaluations
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accelerated multiple option approach.
−Removed: addition, certain of our share-based awards are market- and performance-based and dependent upon achieving certain goals.
−Removed: respect to performance-based awards, we estimate the expected pre-vesting award probability that the performance conditions will
−Removed: We only recognize expense for those shares that are expected to vest.
value measurement
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months ended December 31, 2020 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2019
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, revenue increased by $120,000, or 3.3%, to $3,721,000, from $3,601,000 during the
−Removed: twelve months ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: This increase was predominantly driven by a 10.0% increase in sales volume of CGuard EPS
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, revenue decreased by $1,236,000, or 33.2%, to $2,485,000, from $3,721,000 during
+Added: the twelve months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Revenues were negatively impacted by 15.6% due to a settlement of litigation with a
+Added: former distributor in 2014 (see Part I, Item 3.
+Added: “Legal Proceedings”) under which we agreed to pay them $580,000.
+Added: US GAAP we were required to charge that amount against revenues.
+Added: In addition, there was a 15.3% decrease in sales volume of CGuard
+Added: EPS from $3,265,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, to $2,764,000 during the twelve months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020, mainly due to the postponement of procedures with CGuard EPS, which are generally scheduled or nonemergency procedures,
+Added: as hospitals shifted resources to patients affected by COVID-19.
+Added: There was a 34.0% decrease in sales volume of MGuard Prime EPS
from $456,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, to $301,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020,
−Removed: This increase was primarily due to our continued focus on expanding existing markets such as Poland, Switzerland, Italy, and Spain
−Removed: and expansion into new geographies such as Australia and South Africa.
−Removed: This increase was offset by a 27.7% decrease in sales volume
−Removed: of MGuard Prime EPS from $631,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, to $456,000 during the twelve months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019, largely driven by the predominant industry preferences favoring drug-eluting stents rather than bare metal
−Removed: stents such as MGuard Prime EPS in STEMI patients.
−Removed: addition, the overall increase mentioned above was offset across the board by shipment delays in the three months ended March
−Removed: 31, 2019 associated with our then third-party sterilizer’s equipment failure and us having to switch to a new sterilizer.
−Removed: The transition to our new sterilization company was completed in early April 2019 and we do not currently anticipate any
−Removed: future disruptions in fulfilling new orders.
−Removed: respect to regions, the increase in revenue was primarily attributable to an increase of $78,000 in revenue from sales made in
−Removed: Australia and South Africa (driven by $78,000 growth of CGuard EPS for reasons mentioned above), as well as an increase of $25,000
−Removed: in revenue from sales made in Europe (driven by $168,000 growth of CGuard EPS for reasons mentioned above, offset by a $143,000
−Removed: decrease in sales of MGuard Prime EPS).
+Added: mainly due to the postponement of procedures with MGuard Prime EPS, which are generally scheduled or nonemergency procedures,
+Added: as hospitals shifted resources to patients affected by COVID-19.
+Added: respect to regions, the decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to a decrease of $985,000 in revenue from sales made in
+Added: Europe (driven by $580,000 decrease of the settlement with a former distributor and $329,000 decrease of CGuard EPS and $76,000
+Added: decrease of MGuard Prime EPS for the reasons discussed in the paragraph above), a decrease of $131,000 in revenue of CGuard from
+Added: sales made in Asia due to the same COVID-19-related factor, as well as a decrease of $79,000 in revenue from sales made in Latin
+Added: America (primarily driven by a $68,000 decrease of MGuard Prime EPS sales due to the same COVID-19-related factor).
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, gross profit (revenue less cost of revenues) decreased by 89.0%, or
$673,000, to $83,000, compared to a $756,000 for the same period in 2019.
−Removed: This decrease in gross profit resulted from a $142,000
−Removed: increase in write-offs predominantly driven by a non-recurring component supply issue of CGuard EPS and slow moving inventory
−Removed: of MGuard Prime EPS, $69,000 of expenses related to upgrades made to our production facilities and $48,000 of expenses pertaining
−Removed: to annual and new employee training of the production workers, and offset by a reduction of $20,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
−Removed: Gross margin (gross profits as a percentage of revenue) decreased to 20.3% during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 from
−Removed: 27.6% during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, driven mainly by the write-offs and the increased expenses incurred in
−Removed: connection with the upgrades made to our production facilities and employee trainings incurred during the twelve months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019.
+Added: This decrease in gross profit resulted from the impact
+Added: of the $580,000 settlement with our former distributor in 2014 as well as $198,000 decrease in revenues less the related material
+Added: and labor costs (as mentioned above).
+Added: This decrease was partially offset by a decrease of $69,000 in expenses related to upgrades
+Added: made to our production facilities during the year ended December 31, 2019, which did not reoccur during the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and a decrease of $36,000 in miscellaneous expenses during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Gross margin (gross profits
+Added: as a percentage of revenue) decreased to 3.3% during the year ended December 31, 2020 from 20.3% during the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2019, driven mainly by a negative effect on gross margin of 18.3% due to the settlement with our former distributor offset
+Added: by a 1.3% gross margin increase due to the upgrades made to our production facilities and miscellaneous expenses as mentioned
and Development Expenses .
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, research and development expenses increased by 92.4%,
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, research and development expenses decreased by 24.4%,
or $721,000, to $2,233,000, from $2,954,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020.
−Removed: This increase resulted primarily
−Removed: from an increase of $804,000 in clinical expenses associated with CGuard EPS, mainly related to IDE application process, a settlement
−Removed: payment of $354,000 made to a former service provider pursuant to a settlement agreement (see Part II, Item 1.
−Removed: “Legal Proceedings”
−Removed: below), and an increase of $298,000 in compensation expenses primarily incurred to support various development projects.
−Removed: increases in research and development expenses were partially offset by a decrease of $37,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: This decrease resulted primarily
+Added: a decrease of $861,000 in clinical expenses associated with CGuard EPS, mainly related to the IDE approval process, of which
+Added: an approval from the FDA was received on September 8, 2020, a decrease of $354,000 due to settlement expenses that were paid to
+Added: a former service provider pursuant to a settlement agreement during the year ended December 31, 2019, which did not reoccur during
+Added: the year ended December 31, 2020, and a decrease of $136,000 in quality assurance and regulatory expenses related to the development
+Added: of various projects during the year ended December 31, 2019, which were significantly reduced during the year ended December 31,
+Added: These decreases were partially offset by an increase of $531,000 in development expenses related to the CGuard EPS new delivery
+Added: system and accessory solutions and an increase of $99,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
and Marketing Expenses .
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, selling and marketing expenses increased by 6.9%, or
−Removed: $155,000, to $2,396,000, from $2,241,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: This increase resulted from an increase
−Removed: of $61,000 in travel expenses associated with our efforts to expand existing and new markets, an increase of $90,000 in promotional
−Removed: expenses, primarily related to operating our social media infrastructure and increase of $4,000 in miscellaneous expenses during
−Removed: the twelve months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, selling and marketing expenses decreased by 12.2%,
+Added: or $293,000, to $2,103,000, from $2,396,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: This decrease resulted primarily
+Added: a decrease in travel expenses of $268,000 in light of restrictions imposed by governments worldwide in order to mitigate
+Added: the spread of COVID-19 during year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $129,000 in promotional expenses, primarily related
+Added: to having already built our social media infrastructure in 2019, and a decrease of $88,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: These decreases
+Added: were partially offset by an increase of $192,000 in compensation expenses.
and Administrative Expenses .
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This increase resulted
−Removed: primarily from an increase of $766,000 in compensation expenses, mainly due to compensation expenses related to the separation
−Removed: agreement with our former CEO and an increase of $31,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
−Removed: This increases in general and administrative
−Removed: expenses was partially offset by decrease of $405,000 in legal expenses, primarily due to reduced legal work required for a litigation
−Removed: with a former service provider (which settled in April 2019) during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, compared to the
−Removed: amount of legal work required for the same litigation during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: Expenses (Income) .
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, financial expenses increased by 153.9%, or $571,000, to
−Removed: $200,000, from $371,000 of financial income during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.
−Removed: The increase in financial expenses
−Removed: primarily resulted from the $438,000 of financial income related to the revaluation of the embedded derivative of the Series C
−Removed: Preferred Stock recorded during the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, which did not occur during the twelve months ended
−Removed: in December 31, 2019, and an increase of $144,000 in financial expenses related to changes in exchange rates.
−Removed: These increases
−Removed: in financial expenses were partially offset by a decrease of $11,000 in miscellaneous expenses during the twelve months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2019.
+Added: primarily from an increase of $400,000 due to expenses for the settlement agreement with the underwriter of our prior offerings
+Added: paid during the year ended December 31, 2020, an increase in our Directors’
+Added: and Officers’
+Added: Liability Insurance expenses
+Added: of $249,000 partially due to recent economic effects on the insurance industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase in
+Added: regulatory expenses of $177,000 required for new regulatory standards and an increase of $79,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, financial expenses decreased by 20.0%, or $40,000, to $160,000, from
+Added: $200,000 during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The decrease in financial expenses primarily resulted from a decrease of $66,000
+Added: in financial expenses related to changes in exchange rates, offset, in part, by an increase of $26,000 in miscellaneous expenses.
Expenses (Income).
−Removed: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, tax expenses increased by $24,000 compared to the twelve
+Added: For the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, tax expenses decreased by $20,000 compared to the twelve
months ended December 31, 2019.
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during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019.
−Removed: The increase in net loss resulted primarily from an increase of $1,966,000
−Removed: in operating expenses, an increase of $571,000 in financial expenses and a decrease of $239,000 in gross profit.
+Added: The increase in net loss resulted primarily from a decrease of $673,000 in gross
+Added: profit, offset, in part, by a decrease of $109,000 in operating expenses, a decrease of $40,000 in financial expenses and a decrease
+Added: of $20,000 in tax expenses.
and Capital Resources
−Removed: had an accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2019 of $158 million, as well as a net loss of $10,040,000 and negative operating
−Removed: We expect to continue incurring losses and negative cash flows from operations until our products (primarily CGuard
+Added: of the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements, we have the ability to fund our planned operations for at least
+Added: the next 12 months.
+Added: However, we expect to continue incurring losses and negative cash flows from operations until our products
+Added: (primarily CGuard™
EPS) reach commercial profitability.
−Removed: As a result of these expected losses and negative cash flows from operations, along with
−Removed: our current cash position, we believe we have sufficient resources to fund operations until the end of May 2020.
−Removed: Therefore, there
−Removed: is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: plans include the continued commercialization of our products and raising capital through the sale of additional equity securities,
−Removed: debt or capital inflows from strategic partnerships.
−Removed: There are no assurances, however, that we will be successful in obtaining
−Removed: the level of financing needed for our operations.
−Removed: If we are unsuccessful in commercializing our products and raising capital,
−Removed: we may need to reduce activities, curtail or cease operations.
−Removed: Financings and Recapitalization
−Removed: January and February 2018, the placement agent from the public offering that closed in July 2016 exercised its unit purchase option
−Removed: to purchase 13,508 units and received 13,508 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series A warrants to purchase 31 shares of
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: The placement agent subsequently converted its Series B Preferred Stock and received an aggregate of 2,229 shares
−Removed: of common stock.
−Removed: We received an aggregate of $557,205 from the placement agent for the exercise of the unit purchase option.
−Removed: March 1, 2018, we closed an underwritten public offering of 20,000 shares of our common stock at a price to the public of $150.00
−Removed: We received gross proceeds of approximately $3.0 million from the offering, before deducting underwriter discounts
−Removed: and commissions and offering expenses payable by us.
−Removed: Upon closing of the offering, we used $450,000 of the proceeds from the offering
−Removed: to redeem 450 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), pursuant to a waiver
−Removed: agreement with a holder of the Series D Preferred Stock (the “Series D Investor”), dated February 26, 2018.
−Removed: of such offering, the conversion price for each of our Series C Preferred Stock and our Series D Preferred Stock was reduced from
−Removed: $350.00 to $150.00 per share.
−Removed: April 2, 2018, we closed an underwritten public offering of 57,143 shares of our common stock at a price to the public of $87.50
−Removed: We received gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million from the offering, before deducting underwriter discounts
−Removed: and commissions and offering expenses payable by us.
−Removed: Upon closing of the offering, we used $300,000 of the proceeds from the offering
−Removed: to redeem 46,875 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) held by the Series
−Removed: D Investor, pursuant to another waiver agreement with the Series D Investor, dated March 28, 2018.
−Removed: As a result of such offering,
−Removed: the conversion price for each of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), our Series
−Removed: C Preferred Stock and our Series D Preferred Stock was reduced to $87.50 per share.
−Removed: July 3, 2018, we closed an underwritten public offering of (i) 10,851,417 common units, with each common unit being comprised
−Removed: of one fiftieth share of our common stock, and one Series D Warrant to purchase one fiftieth share of common stock, (ii) 22,481,916
−Removed: pre-funded units, with each pre-funded unit being comprised of one pre-funded warrant to purchase one fiftieth share of common
−Removed: stock and one Series D Warrant, and (iii) additional Series D Warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock pursuant to
−Removed: the underwriter’s option.
−Removed: We received net proceeds from the offering and the exercise of the underwriter’s option
−Removed: to purchase additional Series D Warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock of approximately $8.7 million, excluding the
−Removed: proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the Series D Warrants and the pre-funded warrants sold in the offering, and after deducting
−Removed: underwriting discounts and commissions and payment of other estimated expenses associated with the offering that are payable by
−Removed: We used $2,264,269 of the net proceeds of the offering to redeem 306,917 shares of Series C Preferred Stock and 300 shares
−Removed: of Series D Preferred Stock held by the Series D Investor.
−Removed: As a result of such offering, the conversion price of the outstanding
−Removed: shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock was further reduced to $15.00 per share, effective as
−Removed: of June 29, 2018.
+Added: Therefore, in order to fund our operations until such time that
+Added: we can generate substantial revenues, we may need to raise additional funds.
April 8, 2019, we closed an underwritten public offering of 486,957 shares of our common stock at a price to the public of $5.00
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estimated expenses associated with the offering that were payable by us.
−Removed: Anti-Dilution
−Removed: outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock contain anti-dilution provisions that may result in
−Removed: the reduction of the conversion price thereof in the future.
−Removed: This feature may result in an indeterminate number of shares of common
−Removed: stock being issued upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock.
−Removed: Sales of additional shares
−Removed: of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock as a result of anti-dilution
−Removed: adjustments will dilute the interests of other security holders and may depress the price of our common stock.
−Removed: Accordingly, we
−Removed: may find it more difficult to raise additional equity capital while any of our Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred
−Removed: Stock is outstanding.
−Removed: As of March 8, 2020, 17,303 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 26,558 shares of Series C Preferred Stock
−Removed: were outstanding.
+Added: June 5, 2020, we closed an underwritten public offering of (i) 7,635,800 Units, with each Unit being comprised of one share of
+Added: our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one Series F warrant to purchase one share of common stock, and (ii) 14,586,400
+Added: Pre-Funded Units, with each Pre-Funded Unit being comprised of one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of common stock and
+Added: one Series F Warrant.
+Added: In connection with this public offering, the underwriter exercised the option practically in full, for 3,333,300
+Added: shares of common stock and 3,333,300 Series F Warrants.
+Added: The offering price to the public was $0.45 per Unit and $0.449 per Pre-Funded
+Added: Our net proceeds from the offering and the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option were approximately
+Added: $10.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and payment of other estimated expenses associated with
+Added: the offering, but excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of Series F Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the
+Added: July 28, 2020, we entered into a Sales Agreement with A.G.P.
+Added: in connection with the ATM Facility.
+Added: Any shares to be offered and
+Added: sold under the Sales Agreement will be issued and sold pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File
+Added: 333-223130), filed with the SEC on February 21, 2018 and the prospectus supplement thereto filed with the SEC on July 28,
+Added: 2020, by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering”
+Added: as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities
+Added: Act of 1933, as amended, or if specified by us, by any other method permitted by law.
+Added: On January 11, 2021, we increased the aggregate
+Added: amount of our shares of common stock that may be sold under the Sales Agreement from $9,300,000 to $10,382,954, and, as a result,
+Added: utilized and sold the maximum amount allowable under the ATM Facility, which resulted in an aggregate amount of $10,381,958.
+Added: February 8, 2021, we closed an underwritten public offering of 29,032,258 units, with each such unit being comprised of one share
+Added: of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one Series G Warrant to purchase one-half of one share of common stock.
+Added: The offering price to the public was $0.62 per unit.
+Added: The Series G Warrants were immediately exercisable at a price of $0.682 per
+Added: share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and expire five years from the date of issuance.
+Added: We also granted the underwriter
+Added: of the offering an option to purchase an additional 4,354,838 shares of common stock and Series G Warrants to purchase 2,177,419
+Added: shares of common stock, which the underwriter exercised in full.
+Added: In connection with the offering, we granted to the underwriter
+Added: a compensation warrant to purchase up to 1,669,355 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.682 per share and which
+Added: are exercisable for five years from February 3, 2021, the date of effectiveness of the registration statement filed in connection
+Added: with the offering.
+Added: Our net proceeds from the offering, after giving effect to the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment
+Added: option, were approximately $18.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and payment of other estimated
+Added: expenses associated with the offering, but excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of Series G Warrants sold in the
+Added: February 3, 2021, we entered into a Distribution Agreement with three China-based partners and on the same day, we entered into
+Added: an investment transaction with QIDI, which included (i) an SPA, pursuant to which QIDI agreed to invest $900,000 in exchange for
+Added: shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.6708 per share, and (ii) an IRA, whereby QIDI was provided certain customary
+Added: registration rights, including a commitment by us to file a registration statement with the SEC on Form S-1 or Form S-3 and have
+Added: such registration statement become effective not later than 150 days following the closing of the transactions under the SPA.
+Added: The transaction closed on February 5, 2021.
months ended December 31, 2020 compared to the twelve months ended December 31, 2019
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expenditures and general working capital.
−Removed: the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, net cash used in our operating activities increased by $2,204,000 to $9,810,000, from
+Added: the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, net cash used in our operating activities decreased by $729,000 to $9,081,000, from
$9,810,000 during the same period in 2019.
−Removed: The primary reason for the increase in cash used in our operating activities was an
−Removed: increase of payments for third party related expenses and for professional services of $1,571,000 (primarily due to production
−Removed: related payments, payments related to IDE application process and a settlement payment made to a former service provider pursuant
−Removed: to a settlement agreement), an increase of $717,000 in salary and bonus payments from $4,973,000 in the twelve months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2018 to $5,690,000 during the same period in 2019, offset by an increase of $84,000 in payments received from customers to
−Removed: $3,603,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019, from $3,519,000 during the same period in 2018.
+Added: The primary reason for the decrease in cash used in our operating activities was a
+Added: decrease of $1,293,000 in payments for third party related expenses and for professional services (primarily due to production
+Added: related payments and payments related to IDE application process), offset, in part, by an increase of $408,000 in salary and bonus
+Added: payments from $5,690,000 in the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 to $6,098,000 during the same period in 2020 and a decrease
+Added: of $156,000 in payments received from customers to $3,447,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, from $3,603,000
+Added: during the same period in 2019.
used by our investing activities was $187,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020 compared to $387,000 during the
−Removed: twelve months ended December 31, 2018 resulting primarily from purchases related to upgrades made to our production facilities
−Removed: and our information technology infrastructure.
−Removed: provided by financing activities for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 was $6,335,000 compared to $13,370,000 during the
−Removed: same period in 2018.
+Added: twelve months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The primary reasons for the decrease in cash used by our investing activities was a decrease
+Added: of $218,000 in net payments made for purchase of property, plant and equipment to $66,000 during the twelve months ended December
+Added: 31, 2020, from $284,000 during the same period in 2019, offset, in part, by an increase of $18,000 in cash deposited to employee
+Added: funds, to $121,000 during the twelve months ended December 31, 2020, from $103,000 during the same period in 2019.
+Added: provided by financing activities for the twelve months December 31, 2020 was $16,395,000, compared to $6,335,000 during the same
+Added: period in 2019.
+Added: The principal sources of the cash provided by financing activities during the twelve months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 were our June 2020 public offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants and warrants, the subsequent exercise of the pre-funded
+Added: warrants sold in the offering, as well as exercise of warrants F and Unit Purchase Options, that resulted in approximately $12,169,000
+Added: of aggregate net proceeds, and funds received from our ATM Facility that resulted in approximately $ 4,126,000 of aggregate net
The principal source of the cash provided by financing activities during the twelve months ended December 31, 2019,
−Removed: 31, 2019, was the funds received from our September 2019 public offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants and warrants, as
−Removed: well as the subsequent exercise of the pre-funded warrants sold in the offering, that resulted in approximately $4,289,000 of
−Removed: aggregate net proceeds, and funds received from our April 2019 public offering of common stock that resulted in approximately
−Removed: $2,046,000 of aggregate net proceeds.
−Removed: The principal source of the cash provided by financing activities during the twelve months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2018, was the funds received from our July 2018 public offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants and warrants,
−Removed: as well as the subsequent exercise of the pre-funded warrants sold in the offering, that resulted in approximately $8,885,000
−Removed: of aggregate net proceeds, funds received from our April 2018 public offering of common stock that resulted in approximately $4,439,000
−Removed: of aggregate net proceeds.
−Removed: and the funds received from our March 2018 public offering of common stock that resulted in approximately
−Removed: $3,060,000 of aggregate net proceeds, offset by a redemption of Series C and Series D Preferred Stock from the proceeds of the
−Removed: offering in an aggregate amount of $3,014,000.
+Added: was the funds received from our December 2019 public offering of common stock, pre-funded warrants and warrants, as well as the
+Added: subsequent exercise of the pre-funded warrants sold in the offering, that resulted in approximately $4,289,000 of aggregate net
+Added: proceeds, and funds received from our April 2019 public offering of common stock that resulted in approximately $2,046,000 of
+Added: aggregate net proceeds.
of December 31, 2020, our current assets exceeded our current liabilities by a multiple of 4.1.
−Removed: Current assets decreased by $3,609,000
+Added: Current assets increased by $7,529,000
during the period and current liabilities increased by $590,000 during the period.
−Removed: As a result, our working capital decreased
+Added: As a result, our working capital increased
by $6,939,000 to $11,634,000 as of December 31, 2020.
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