UPDATE 1-Hansen Medical posts wider-than-expected Q1 loss

* Q1 results miss market expectations

May 5 (Reuters) - Medical robotics maker Hansen Medical Inc (HNSN.O) posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by increased operating expenses.

For the first quarter, the company reported net loss of $14.3 million, or 57 cents a share, compared with net loss of $11.6 million, or 53 cents a share, a year earlier.

Revenue rose 15 percent to $7.1 million. Total operating expenses rose about 18 percent to $15.8 million from $13.3 million.

Analysts were expecting the company to post a loss of 49 cents a share, on revenue of $7.46 million, according to Reuters Estimates.

Shares of the company closed at $5.87 Tuesday on Nasdaq.

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