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Toronto, Ontario / TheNewswire / February 6, 2018 – Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (“Ventripoint” or the “Company”, TSXV:VPT) is pleased to
announce that Dr. Andriy Shmatukha has joined the Ventripoint team as software developer to advance the Ventripoint products and
technology.
“Medical imaging is dependent on technologies to deal with the storage, retrieval and manipulation
of large image files needed for high-resolution cardiac scans and Dr. Shmatukha is an expert on these archiving protocols,” stated
Desmond Hirson, President of Ventripoint. “We are fortunate to have his many years of experience in industry and the clinical
settings on our team.”
Dr. Shmatukha is a qualified network administrator with over 18 years of medical device R&D experience with
emphasis on diagnostics cardiac imaging, including the development of image analysis algorithms and associated software. At his
tenure at GE Healthcare he was responsible for quality assurance of clinical trials for medical software. He is an inventor on
multiple patents in image analysis algorithms and device hardware. As a research engineer at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center
(Toronto, Canada), he developed DICOM application software to manipulate medical images to allow them to be analysed and stored in
a hospital Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) environment. At Utrecht University Medical Center (Utrecht, The
Netherlands), he developed MRI imaging procedures and image analysis algorithms for real-time MRI guidance of minimally-invasive
thermal therapies.
In other news, Ventripoint announces that it has entered into a consulting
agreement for international financial and strategic advisory services with respect to international opportunities for a term of one
year. Under the contract the Company has the option to pay the quarterly work fees of $30,000 in cash or in common shares, with the
number of common shares being determined with reference to the market price at the time of issuance, and subject to the approval of
the TSX Venture Exchange.
About Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.
Ventripoint’s technology is a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach known as Knowledge-Based
Reconstruction (KBR) to create applications to monitor heart disease, a leading cause of death worldwide. The VMS+ is the first
cost-effective and accurate AI tool for measuring whole heart function using conventional ultrasound. The Company has
developed a suite of applications for all major heart diseases and is actively commercializing the approach to improve cardiac
care.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. George Adams, CEO
telephone: (519) 803-6937, email: gadams@ventripoint.com
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results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. Other factors, which could
materially affect such forward-looking information are described in the risk factors in the Corporation's most recent annual
management’s discussion and analysis that is available on the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Readers are
cautioned that the foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. The forward-looking statements included in this news release are
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