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BioCardia Announces New U.S. Patent Covering CardiAMP Cell Therapy and Issuance of Two Asian Patents Covering Radial Artery Approach for Cardiac Cell and Gene Therapy Delivery
SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia®, Inc. [NASDAQ: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia®, Inc. [NASDAQ: BCDA], a leader in the development of comprehensive solutions for cardiovascular regenerative therapies, today announced the issuance of three new patents for the company’s technologies in the U.S., China and Japan.\n The new U.S. patent relates to the cell potency assay used in its CardiAMP™ Cell Therapy System, issued as U.S. Patent No: 10,520,505. The patent is for “Methods of Measuring Potential for Therapeutic Potency and Defining Dosages for Autologous Cell Therapies.” The Company also has European patent coverage for this technology. This CardiAMP patent addresses the problem of patient cell variability and high manufacturing costs associated with typical autologous cell therapy by identifying a specific biomarker signature in a patient’s bone marrow that is utilized in the CardiAMP pre-procedural selection diagnostic assay. The test enables physicians to determine if a patient is a good candidate for CardiAMP cell therapy prior to treatment, enabling point-of-care therapy processing and eliminating costly remote cell selection and processing. “We are vigorously protecting the proprietary technologies that differentiate our CardiAMP Cell Therapy System from cardiac cell therapies that have been previously studied. By adding a pre-procedural assay for patient selection, we believe we have improved upon what has come before us,” said BioCardia CEO Peter Altman, PhD. “Our cell potency assay is currently being studied in our Phase III pivotal CardiAMP Heart Failure Trial and is part of our second Phase III pivotal trial of the CardiAMP cell therapy for the treatment of chronic myocardial ischemia, which has been FDA-approved and whose start is pending.” “We are enthusiastic about the potential of CardiAMP cell therapy to improve the heart without requiring cells to become heart cells, avoiding the potential for cells to become ectopic foci causing life-threatening arrhythmias and eliminating the need for chronic immunosuppression drugs.” Two additional, newly-issued patents relate to a Radial and Trans-Endocardial Delivery Catheter for intramyocardial delivery of cardiac cell therapy, a new delivery approach for the Company. The Japan Patent Office issued Patent No: 6600301 and the China National Intellectual Property Administration issued Patent ...