MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/22/15 -- Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the completion of the world's first intravascular robot-assisted retrieval of an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter. Dr. Alan Lumsden, Vascular Surgeon and Director of the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, performed the procedure at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas using the Magellan™ Robotic System to remove a filter manufactured by Cook® Medical.