- Second
round of testing for MIDS Cardiac™ detection technology for cardiac
emergency triage reveals breakthrough quantitative testing results
- American
Heart Association projects that 130 million adults in the U.S. will have
some form of cardiovascular disease by 2035, with total costs expected to
reach $1.1 trillion
- Studies
performed outside the United States have demonstrated that high-sensitivity
troponin testing speeds the triage of patients with suspected
acute myocardial infarction (AMI, “Heart Attack”)
- Identifying
low levels of troponin using a rapid-response, handheld diagnostic device
for cardiac emergency triage can speed the treatment of AMI and improve
treatment outcomes
- Identifying
a low-risk patient could permit early emergency room discharge and avoid
unnecessary hospitalization and costs
Health care technology company Zenosense, Inc. (OTCQB: ZENO)
has completed two important milestones recently. The first was a successful
second round of quantitative testing for the MIDS detection technology; the
technology is core to the development of MIDS Cardiac™, a handheld device to
rapidly test for certain cardiac biomarkers at the point of care. The second
milestone relates to the company’s uplisting to the OTC Markets Group OTCQB
Venture Market. By trading on the OTCQB Venture Market, Zenosense is better
positioned to build shareholder value with a goal of enhancing liquidity and
achieving fair valuation (http://ibn.fm/4q5BI).
Zenosense recently released breakthrough quantitative test
results on the patented MIDS detection technology, which is being developing
through its joint ownership in MIDS Medical Limited (“MML”), based at the
prestigious Sci-Tech Daresbury campus in the United Kingdom. Targeting a major
unmet medical need, MIDS Cardiac™ is being designed for use in emergency
settings to help medical staff rapidly diagnose heart attack at an early stage
and improve treatment and patient outcomes.
In a news release announcing the quantitative testing
results (http://ibn.fm/jrS3f),
Zenosense reported that the revised and improved sensor electronics detection
system of its MIDS technology confirmed the testing results announced in late
2017 with materially improved results of a near doubling of sensitivity in
detecting commercially available assay beads. The MIDS Cardiac™ device will
utilize the MIDS technology, or ‘Magnetic Immunoassay Detection System’, which
is capable of detecting extremely low levels of magnetic field disturbance
caused by discrete test particles, the company states.
“MIDS is a hugely challenging development,” MML Managing Director
and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Nasser Djennati said in announcing the test
results. “The results of this second round of testing are quite extraordinary,
as magnetic detection at this level for this application is unheard of. We can
now move forward and apply the MIDS detection to established assay techniques
used in conventional analyzers as we seek to deliver state-of-the-art
laboratory standard, high sensitivity cardiac troponin testing at the Point of
Care.”
Every year about 735,000 Americans experience a heart
attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (http://ibn.fm/Ig78O). Heart
disease, the leading cause of death for both men and women, kills about one in
every four people, according to the CDC. In fact, more than seven million
Americans will go to the emergency room with chest pain symptoms this year, but
90 percent of these patients will not have an acute myocardial infarction (a
heart attack) and no major adverse cardiac event will occur with the next 30
days, the American Medical Association reported in the February 2018 JAMA
journal (http://ibn.fm/Zn9Wk).
These patients, however, are commonly hospitalized or kept
under observation for an evaluation that often results in a diagnosis that does
not include a heart attack. Being able to identify those patients who are at
low-risk for a heart attack may permit early emergency room discharge and avoid
unnecessary hospitalization. Rapid turnaround of low-risk patients could mean
shorter wait times, increased satisfaction, improved outcomes and cost-saving
benefits, as the article notes.
In its 2018 update on heart disease and stroke
statistics (http://ibn.fm/FcSEa),
the American Heart Association again reiterates that coronary heart disease
(43.8 percent) is the leading cause of deaths attributable to cardiovascular
disease (CVD) in the U.S., followed by stroke (16.8 percent), high blood
pressure (9.4 percent), heart failure (9.0 percent) and other cardiovascular
diseases (17.9 percent). By 2035, some 130 million adults in the U.S., or 45
percent of the population, are projected to have some form of CVD. Total costs
related to CVD are expected to reach $1.1 trillion.
Successfully achieving detection equal or superior to state
of the art laboratory analyzers with advanced portability allowing it to be
used at point of care, including in an emergency setting, could make MIDS
Cardiac™ an absolute game changer that could help save lives and money by
enabling a swift diagnosis with a previously unheard of accuracy at the point
of care (http://ibn.fm/mTVLw),
the company states.
“These (test) results should not be underestimated,” Carlos
Gil, CEO of Zenosense, stated in a news release. “I am not aware of any other
detection technology suitable for use at the Point of Care which comes anywhere
close to achieving these results. We are now so far within the limit of
detection I am extremely confident that high sensitivity rapid troponin testing
can become a reality in emergency settings. Achieving these results is a huge
step towards that. I truly believe we have a blockbuster technology in the making.”
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Zenosense.com
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