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[ Richard Shima, ] Bank of America. Really excited to introduce InspireMD. We'll have Chief Communication Officer, Shane Gleason coming to give a presentation.

Thank you.

Shane Gleason
Chief Commercial Officer

Thank you.

All right. Well, good afternoon, and thanks for having me. There's been a tremendous amount of development in the neuro space in recent years. There have been a number of companies on this stage and ones like it talking about the treatment of stroke, thrombectomy for the treatment of large vessel occlusion in the acute stroke setting. There's now a growing number of companies that are focused on recovery from stroke. We all know that stroke is not just one of the leading causes of death, but also of disability in the U.S. and around the world. But until recently, there has been less focus, less development on the prevention of stroke, specifically prevention of stroke caused by carotid artery disease.

Now if you've ever felt your pulse in your neck, you've been feeling your pulse in your -- in one of your carotid arteries. So 2 carotid arteries, one on either side of your neck are -- they form the primary source of blood supply to the brain. And like blood vessels elsewhere in the body, atherosclerotic disease can build up. But the way it manifests, what we're concerned about in carotid disease is actually different than what we're concerned about elsewhere in the body, where we're talking about coronary disease, peripheral vascular disease, we tend to be concerned about occlusive disease, where there's not enough blood flow getting through to supply the end organ or muscle.

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