Dublin-listed Mainstay Medical, a company that is targeting chronic back pain with an implantable device, is expecting to seek further funding in the near future as it ramps up its commercialisation plans.

The medical devices firm, which recently announced it had passed the mid-point in clinical trials in the US, made its first commercial sale earlier this year in Germany.

Mainstay’s ReActiv8 product is implanted in a surgical procedure and works by using electrical stimulus of nerves in muscles supporting the lower spine. The product won European approval last year after which it raised €30 million in funding to commercialise ReActiv8.

Speaking to The Irish Times, chief executive Peter Crosby said it was looking at various options in terms of additional fundraising.

“We know we will need more capital to complete the US trial and to get pre-market approval. We’ll also need more to drive commercialisation, but we haven’t given any indication yet on how much we’ll be looking for or when,” said Mr. Crosby.