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ENDRA Life Sciences Strengthens TAEUS® System Global Intellectual Property Protection with Issuance of 10th and 11th Chinese Patents
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA), a pioneer of Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS®), announces that the
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[{"type":"text","content":" ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA), a pioneer of Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS®), announces that the Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration has issued ENDRA two new patents, Chinese Patent No. ZL 2019 8 00400927 (the ‘927 patent) titled “Method and System for Determining Fractional Fat Content of Tissue,” and Chinese Patent No. ZL 2019 8 00870250 (the ‘250 patent) titled “Radio Frequency Applicator and Thermoacoustic Imaging System Employing the Same”.\n\n“Having recently announced our first research partnership in China with the renowned Shanghai General Hospital, we are keen to bolster our intellectual property protection in Asia’s largest healthcare market. We now have 11 patents issued in China supporting our strategy to develop thermoacoustic imaging systems and broadening the application for our proprietary TAEUS technology in areas with unmet clinical needs,\" stated ENDRA's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Francois Michelon. \"We continue to enhance our intellectual property portfolio to protect our technology in priority global markets. Our portfolio currently stands at 89 assets, which we define as patents issued, filed or in preparation.”\n\nThe ‘927 patent covers a method and system for determining fractional fat content of tissue that takes into consideration the speed of sound in that tissue. This patent builds upon ENDRA's growing number of issued patents in the area of tissue fat quantification. Conventional ultrasound image formation methodologies assume a single speed of sound, while the ‘927 patent leverages TAEUS' inherent sensitivity to fractional fat differences in tissue to estimate the actual speed of sound in tissue, and thereby improves the accuracy of TAEUS fat quantification methodologies. The patent also describes a calibration methodology for fractional fat measurements. The ‘927 patent is linked to its parent, U.S. patent No. 10258277B2.\n\nThe ‘250 patent provides more robust intellectual property protection for the TAEUS platform related to its disruptive scanning approach. It covers a radio frequency (RF) applicator device and system for providing reliable RF energy to a target area of tissue. More specifically, the '250 patent structurally defines ENDRA's innovative solution to providing targeted RF energy to tissue regi...