- Cardiovascular
diseases are costing the U.S. $1 billion per day in medical fees and
productivity losses
- The
number of heart attacks is increasing on an annual basis, highlighting the
importance of early detection technology
- Zenosense
is developing a handheld device that could significantly lower
cardiovascular-related death rate and associated medical costs by enabling
swift, accurate diagnostic
Health care technology company Zenosense, Inc. (OTC: ZENO)
has announced the successful completion of a second round of testing for its
MIDS Cardiac™ detection technology – a handheld system designed to rapidly test
for certain cardiac biomarkers at the point of care, saving medical personnel
crucial time in time-sensitive situations.
Diagnostic devices play a major role in the growth and
expansion of the medical technology sector (http://ibn.fm/13GIN). Under development by the company’s
MIDS Medical Limited (“MML”) joint venture based at the prestigious Sci-Tech
Daresbury campus in the United Kingdom, MIDS Cardiac is a patented handheld POC
technology for the detection of heart attack. It is designed to help medical
staff rapidly diagnose heart attack at an early stage and improve treatment and
patient outcomes. Through the early detection of certain cardiac event
biomarkers, MIDS Cardiac is expected to significantly accelerate the triage,
diagnosis, treatment and disposition of patients reporting chest pain suspected
as symptomatic of a heart attack.
In a news release announcing breakthrough quantitative
testing results (http://ibn.fm/UMiEP),
Zenosense reported revisions and improvements to the core MIDS technology’s
sensor electronics, materially improving on previous electronics testing
results announced in 2017. In addition, the sensitivity of the MIDS technology
electronics has been nearly doubled.
In 2017, the first next generation troponin assay for the
early detection of heart attacks was approved by the FDA for use in the U.S.
High sensitivity (HS) troponin assays have long been in use in the rest of the
world. Such assays have to be performed on state of the art lab analyzers that
are incredibly expensive. The aim of Zenosense is to deliver a handheld device
capable of detecting and measuring diagnostic assay beads to support HS
troponin assays in the emergency room and clinical settings. Such handheld
devices will also prove to be invaluable for the work of paramedics on the go.
As a part of the 2018 testing, Zenosense has managed to improve MIDS technology
electronics and carry out independent third-party verification of bead numbers.
In a news release, MML managing director and Chief
Scientific Officer Dr. Nasser Djennati noted that the project is hugely
challenging. “The results of this second round of testing are quite
extraordinary, as magnetic detection at this level for this application is
unheard of,” he added. The next key step in the development of the technology
will be testing microfluidic detection on the revised electronic platform.
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the Western
world. Approximately 610,000 people in the U.S. die of heart disease every
single year (http://ibn.fm/4mYXf)
– one in four deaths in the country. Nearly 735,000 Americans have a heart
attack each year. Cardiovascular disease, including heart attacks and strokes,
costs America nearly $1 billion a day in medical fees and lost productivity,
according to a CDC Foundation study (http://ibn.fm/Ag7cE). Annual medical costs related with
cardiovascular diseases are likely to reach $818 billion, while productivity
losses could go over $275 billion by 2030, the same study shows.
According to the World Health Organization, early detection
is one of the most important prerequisites for the successful management of
cardiovascular problems.
With detection equal or superior to state of the art
laboratory analyzers and advanced portability allowing it to be used at point
of care, including in an emergency setting, MIDS Cardiac™ would be an absolute
game changer which could help save lives and money by enabling a swift
diagnosis with previously unheard of accuracy at the point of care (http://ibn.fm/GxOTH).
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Zenosense.com
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