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ROCHESTER,
N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2004--Biophan Technologies,
Inc. (OTC BB: BIPH), a leading developer of next-generation
biomedical technology, provided additional detail
today on its broad U.S. Patent issued to Nanoset,
LLC, its technology partner, with Biophan holding
the worldwide, exclusive rights for all medical applications.
The patent rights relate to a nanomagnetic particle
coating technology which can provide illumination
for devices that are currently difficult to see, either
because they are invisible to MRI or because the devices
occlude the MRI image. As noted in the earlier release,
the patented technology is expected to help pave the
way to allowing MRI-guided surgical procedures when
combined with Biophan's safety solutions, including
minimally invasive procedures, such as those used
for placing stents, performing RF ablation, angiograms,
biopsy probes, and many other procedures.
Mr. Weiner noted, "In the interest of providing
additional detail regarding the patent, it should
be noted that the variations in the coating, as taught
in the patent and covered in the patent claims, can
allow us to coat the tip with a very bright coating
that can help guide the catheter placement through
vessels or tissue; and make the rest of the catheter
visible but less prominent, so its position can be
seen. Many MRI machines already in the field have
software built in that can track a catheter that emits
the proper signal, so it can be viewed in the operating
theater during a procedure. Until now, the combination
of device heating and image artifacts has prevented
the emergence of MRI as a tool for guided procedures.
Our technology suite can now allow the transition
to MRI guided surgery to move forward."
U.S. Patent No. 6,765,144 was issued to Nanoset, LLC,
with Biophan holding the worldwide exclusive rights
to all medical applications. Biophan and Nanoset worked
jointly on the innovation, based on earlier nanotechnology
patents developed by Nanoset. A copy of the patent
can be viewed on the Company's website at http://www.biophan.com/intellectual.php.
In the actual MRI image, which can be viewed on the
Company's website at http://www.biophan.com/visiblecoating.php,
an aluminum rod is on the third position from the
left, and is almost invisible. The same type of rod
is shown in the middle position and on the left-hand
position, with the Nanoset/Biophan thin-film coating,
and the rod is now very visible in the same MRI image.
Biophan is utilizing its thin-film coating technology
to introduce a controllable, "magnetic"
signal capable of creating an image of the coated
device. The visibility, or equivalent of "brightness,"
can be controlled.
About Nanoset, LLC
Nanoset, LLC, based in East Rochester, NY, develops
nanomagnetic particle coatings. Nanoset's research
and development has been conducted with Alfred University,
a world leader in ceramics and thin-film coatings.
Nanoset and Biophan are jointly developing technologies
for the medical device industry.
About Biophan Technologies
Biophan Technologies develops and markets cutting-edge
technologies designed to make biomedical devices safe
and compatible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
equipment. The Company develops enabling technologies
for implanted medical systems such as pacemakers,
and interventional surgical devices such as catheters
and guidewires, as well as stents and other implants
that can be safely and effectively imaged under MRI.
The technology is also being used to create enhanced
MRI contrast agents. Committed to growth through innovation
and developmental leadership, Biophan and its licensors
have 16 issued U.S. patents and 60 patents pending,
in areas including nanotechnology (nanomagnetic particle
coatings), radio frequency filters, polymer composites,
biothermal batteries, and photonics. Biophan's technology
will help realize its goal of one day making all biomedical
devices capable of safely and successfully working
with MRI. For more information, please visit www.biophan.com.
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