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Analytica Granted Patent Protection in Japan for PeriCoach®
- Published February 22, 2017 12:00AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
Analytica (ASX:ALT) has been granted patent protection in Japan for the PeriCoach®System’s unique technology. The company’s leading product is an e-health treatment system for women who suffer Stress Urinary Incontinence. PeriCoach has created a device, web portal and smartphone app. This device evaluates the activity in the pelvic floor muscles. The information is then transmitted to a smartphone app and can loaded to PeriCloud where physicians can monitor patient progress via this portal.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Patents on the PeriCoach force sensors have now issued in China and Japan.
- Patents pending in US, India, Brazil, Australia, and Europe.
- Japan has enormous market potential for a global licensee with an estimated 15.8 million women aged 15-85+ currently suffering the effects of Urinary Incontinence.
Analytica has kept PeriCoach as their top priority to ensure that this becomes a global product. With increased awareness of urinary incontinence, and a growing demand towards conservative treatment solutions.
Analytica CEO Geoff Daly said – “Patent protection is a long process, often many taking years before patents are issued. We are diligently working behind the scenes to ensure that we get the full benefit from the hard work and innovations of my product development team. Intellectual property rights are always critical in licencing negotiations as it affords the licencing partner freedom to operate in the world’s most commercially attractive markets.”