FTC seeks additional information for Boston Scientific's $3.7 bln Axonics deal

Axonics, Inc. is a medical technology company, which develops and commercializes products to treat adults with bladder and bowel dysfunction. The Company has designed and developed both rechargeable (R20) and recharge-free (F15) implantable sacral neuromodulation (SNM) systems, which deliver mild electrical pulses to the targeted sacral nerve in order to restore normal communication to and from the brain to reduce the symptoms of overactive bladder (OAB), urinary retention (UR) and fecal incontinence (FI). The recharge-free implantable neurostimulator (INS) is approximately 10cc in volume, utilizes constant current stimulation, an easy-to-use, intuitive recharge-free patient remote control and other related accessories. It engineered its recharge-free sacral neuromodulation (SNM) system to deliver constant-current stimulation. Its SNM system includes an easy-to-use wireless patient remote control that does not require recharging or replacement batteries.