Spectranetics Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Confer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Spectranetics Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNC ), today announced that the Company will release fourth quarter 2016 financial results on Thursday, February 23, 2017. Company management will host a conference call beginning at 2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the results. The dial-in for the conference call is (877) 561-2747 for domestic callers or (973) 409-9689 for international callers, and the Conference ID is 57629416.

There will also be a live webcast on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.spectranetics.com , which will be available on the Company’s website for 14 days following the completion of the call.

About Spectranetics

The Spectranetics Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and distributes medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures within the cardiovascular system. The Company's products are available in over 65 countries and are used to treat arterial blockages in the heart and legs and in the removal of pacemaker and defibrillator leads.

The Company's Vascular Intervention (VI) products include a range of laser catheters for ablation of blockages in arteries above and below the knee, the AngioSculpt scoring balloon used in both peripheral and coronary procedures, and the Stellarex drug-coated balloon peripheral angioplasty platform, which received European CE mark approval in December 2014. The Company also markets support catheters to facilitate crossing of peripheral and coronary arterial blockages, and retrograde access and guidewire retrieval devices used in the treatment of peripheral arterial blockages, including chronic total occlusions. The Company markets aspiration and cardiac laser catheters to treat blockages in the heart.

The Lead Management (LM) product line includes excimer laser sheaths, dilator sheaths, mechanical sheaths and accessories for the removal of pacemaker and defibrillator cardiac leads.

For more information, visit www.spectranetics.com . 

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Investor Relations Contacts Zach Stassen Sr. Director of Finance zach.stassen@spnc.com (719) 447-2292 Michaella Gallina Director of Investor Relations michaella.gallina@spnc.com (719) 447-2417