SEATTLE, WASHINGTON--(Marketwired - Jan. 21, 2016) - Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. ("Ventripoint" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:VPT) is pleased to announce that is has licensed the knowledge-based reconstruction (KBR) technology for the left atrium and right atrium of the heart.
"This new technology will allow the Company to offer accurate and rapid analysis of all 4 chambers of the heart," stated Dr. George Adams, CEO of Ventripoint, "Cardiologists worldwide need this information to understand what is wrong with the whole heart."
The Company had previously licensed the KBR technology for the right ventricle and left ventricle from the University of Washington and has now amended that license to include the right and left atria. The technology includes starting anatomical models of the heart chambers, which allows for the rapid construction of the catalogues (heart databases) used in KBR. The Company is now working to complete the catalogues and test them to file a submission to the regulatory agencies in Canada, Europe and the United States for marketing approvals in the next few months.
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