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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

16. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation. From time to time, the Company may become involved in various legal actions involving its operations, products and technologies, including intellectual property and employment disputes. The outcomes of these legal actions are not within the Company’s complete control and may not be known for prolonged periods of time. In some actions, the claimants seek damages as well as other relief, including injunctions barring the sale of products that are the subject of the lawsuit, which if granted, could require significant expenditures or result in lost revenue. The Company records a liability in the condensed consolidated financial statements for these actions when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. If the reasonable estimate of a known or probable loss is a range, and no amount within the range is a better estimate, the minimum amount of the range is accrued. If a loss is possible but not known or probable, and can be reasonably estimated, the estimated loss or range of loss is disclosed. In most cases, significant judgment is required to estimate the amount and timing of a loss to be recorded. 

InnoCore Technologies BV. In March 2006, the Company entered into a license agreement whereby the Company obtained an exclusive license to a drug delivery coating for licensed products within the vascular field which included peripheral, coronary and neurovascular biodurable stent products. The license requires an annual minimum payment of 200,000 euros (equivalent to $224,000 using a euro to US dollar exchange rate of $1.1215 to the Euro as of December 31, 2019) until the last patent expires, which is currently estimated to be September 2027. The total minimum future payments associated with this license are approximately $1.8 million as of December 31, 2019. The license is currently utilized by one of the Company’s drug delivery customers.

Clinical Trials. The Company has engaged clinical trial clinical research organization (“CRO”) consultants to assist with the administration of its ongoing clinical trials. The Company has executed separate contracts with two CROs for services rendered in connection with the TRANSCEND pivotal clinical trial for the SurVeil DCB, including pass-through expenses paid by the CROs, of up to $26 million in the aggregate. As of December 31, 2019, an estimated $11.9 million remains to be paid on these contracts, which may vary depending on actual pass-through expenses incurred to execute the trial. The Company estimates that the total cost of the TRANSCEND clinical trial will be in the range of $35 million to $40 million from inception to completion. In the event the Company were to terminate any trial, it may incur certain financial penalties which would become payable to the CRO for costs to wind down the terminated trial.

Asset Acquisitions. In July 2019, the Company acquired certain intellectual property assets supporting ongoing development of the Company’s medical device pipeline. As a result of this acquisition, the Company made an upfront, nonrefundable payment of $0.8 million. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay up to $1.3 million of additional consideration upon achievement of certain strategic milestones within a contingency period ending in 2022, of which $0.2 million is guaranteed to be paid in fiscal 2021.

In May 2018, the Company acquired certain intellectual property assets of Embolitech, LLC (the “Embolitech Transaction”). As part of the Embolitech Transaction, the Company paid the sellers $5.0 million during fiscal 2018. Additionally, the Company is obligated to pay $3.5 million in several installments beginning in fiscal 2020 and ending in fiscal 2024. These payments may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain sales and regulatory milestones. An additional $2.0 million payment is contingent upon the achievement of certain regulatory milestones within a contingency period ending in 2033.

As of December 31, 2019, $1.2 million and $2.1 million, respectively, is included in other accrued and other long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets related to the Embolitech Transaction. As of September 30, 2019, $1.0 million and $2.1 million is included in other accrued liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets related to the Embolitech Transaction.