Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc announced that the Company has received Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for the LiquiBand® Fix8™ device in the US. This exemption by the FDA now allows AMS to begin the planned patient clinical trial, with first patient enrolment before the end of May, in line with previous guidance at the time of the full year results. In the clinical study, LiquiBand® Fix8™ will be used in laparoscopic hernia repair treatments and 284 patients are due to be enrolled with the last patient expected by the end of 2019. The study will close after the final patient has received 12 months follow up and the Company intends to report on this data thereafter. An IDE allows an investigational device to be used in order to collect safety and effectiveness data required to support a premarket approval (PMA). The approval process in the US for LiquiBand® Fix8™ is expected to complete by the second half of 2020.