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Medical Announces Grant of Summary Judgment in its Favor and Dismissal of Counterclaim Against Company
Mass., October 19, 2023 - Microbot Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: MBOT), developer of the innovative LIBERTY Robotic
Surgical System, today announces that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, approved Microbot's
motion for summary judgment and dismissed with prejudice the previously announced Section 10(b) counterclaim brought by defendant as
against Microbot in the action titled Microbot Medical Inc., Plaintiff v. Joseph Mona, Defendant.
its Memorandum Decision and Order, the Court adopted in full the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation, which had recommended
that the Court grant Microbot's motion for summary judgment and dismiss defendant's counterclaim with prejudice.
its ruling, in part, the Court held that the defendant failed to raise a triable issue of fact in support of his claim.
previously announced that a judgment in the action against defendant and in favor of Microbot in the amount of $484,614.30 was entered,
and no appeal was filed. As the counterclaim has now been dismissed, the Company is now seeking to enforce the judgment as against defendant.
Medical Inc. (NASDAQ: MBOT) is a pre-clinical medical device company that specializes in transformational micro-robotic technologies,
with the goals of improving clinical outcomes for patients and increasing accessibility through the natural and artificial lumens within
LIBERTY Robotic Surgical System aims to improve the way surgical robotics are being used in endovascular procedures today, by eliminating
the need for large, cumbersome, and expensive capital equipment, while reducing radiation exposure and physician strain. The Company
believes the LIBERTY Robotic Surgical System's remote operation has the potential to be the first system to democratize endovascular
interventional procedures.
information about Microbot Medical is available at http://www.microbotmedical.com.
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products, including LIBERTY, the outcome of its studies to evaluate LIBERTY, whether the Company's core business focus program
and cost reduction plan are sufficient to enable the Company to continue to focus on its LIBERTY technology while it stabilizes its financial
condition and seeks additional working capital, any failure or inability to recruit physicians and clinicians to serve as primary investigators
to conduct regulatory studies which could adversely affect or delay such studies, uncertainty in the results of pre-clinical and clinical
trials or regulatory pathways and regulatory approvals, disruptions resulting from new and ongoing hostilities between Israel and the
Palestinians, such as employees of Microbot and its vendors and business partners being called to active military duty, any lingering
uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, need and ability to obtain future capital, and maintenance of intellectual property
rights. Additional information on risks facing Microbot Medical can be found under the heading "Risk Factors" in Microbot
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