BCDA - BioCardia gets Japanese patent on imaging system for targeting cardiac therapies

BioCardia (BCDA) announces that the Japan Patent Office has granted Patent No: 6887216 related to the company's imaging system for targeting cardiac therapies.The patent titled  titled, "Target Site Selection, Entry, and Update With Automatic Remote Image Annotation" will expire on January 8, 2034.The system is designed to enable the use of previously obtained three-dimensional image of a patient’s heart from either MRI or CT scan into a procedure, predefine target sites and annotate the heart images to prepare for therapeutic intervention.Shares up more than 11% premarket.

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BioCardia gets Japanese patent on imaging system for targeting cardiac therapies