HeartSciences Announces Allowance of U.S Patent for AI-ECG Assessment of Left Ventricular and Right Ventricular Heart Dysfunction

Further expands HeartSciences extensive patent portfolio

/EIN News/ -- Southlake, Texas, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences (NASDAQ: HSCS; HSCSW) (“HeartSciences” or the “Company”), an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical technology company focused on transforming ECGs/EKGs to save lives through earlier detection of heart disease, today announced that intellectual property (IP) exclusively licensed to HeartSciences has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the detection of left ventricular (LV) and/or right ventricular (RV) dysfunction using deep learning, further strengthening the Company’s AI-ECG IP portfolio.

Heart failure (HF) is a growing worldwide public health issue affecting 64 million people annually¹ and is associated with high mortality, lower quality of life and reduced physical capacity while placing substantial costs on the healthcare system. Low-cost testing for heart failure has not been readily available for front-line physicians. With the development of AI-ECG algorithms, HeartSciences improves the early identification of patients that need additional testing, allowing earlier treatment and improved patient outcomes.

Andrew Simpson, Chief Executive Officer of HeartSciences, stated, “This patent allowance further expands our extensive AI-ECG IP portfolio. AI-ECG is set to change the detection of heart disease and this latest patent further bolsters value to HeartSciences and our stakeholders.” 

_{1. GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018;392:1789–1858.}

About HeartSciences

Heart Test Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a HeartSciences is a medical technology company focused on applying innovative AI-based technology to an ECG (also known as an EKG) to expand and improve an ECG's clinical utility. Millions of ECGs are performed every week and the Company's objective is to improve healthcare by making it a far more valuable cardiac screening tool, particularly in frontline or point-of-care clinical settings. HeartSciences has one of the largest libraries of AI-ECG algorithms and is developing AI-ECG solutions to be made available on either a hardware agnostic cloud-based platform or its proprietary MyoVista® wavECG™ device, to help identify cardiovascular disease in any care setting worldwide in a manner to best suit different care providers. HeartSciences' first product candidate for FDA clearance, the MyoVista® wavECG™, or the MyoVista®, is a resting 12-lead ECG that is also designed to provide diagnostic information related to cardiac dysfunction which has traditionally only been available through the use of cardiac imaging. The MyoVista® also provides conventional ECG information in the same test.

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Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are relating to the Company's future financial and operating performance. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein are "forward-looking statements" including, among other things, statements about HeartSciences' beliefs and expectations. These statements are based on current expectations, assumptions and uncertainties involving judgments about, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the Company's control. The expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements involve significant assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks discussed in HeartSciences' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2023, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on July 18, 2023, HeartSciences’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024 and in HeartSciences' other filings with the SEC at www.sec.gov. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Contacts:

HeartSciences
Gene Gephart
+1-682-244-2578 (US)
info@heartsciences.com

Investors:

Gilmartin Group
Vivian Cervantes
investorrelations@heartsciences.com