Ventripoint Attends 23rd Annual Canadian Echo Weekend and Grants Stock Options
Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. (“Ventripoint” or the “Company“), (TSXV:VPT); (OTC:VPTDF) attended the 23rd Annual Canadian Echo Weekend – 2021 Digital Edition, which was organized by the Canadian Society of Echocardiography (CSE).
Ventripoint participated as a sponsor for this year’s conference and received a high profile. The Company had a prominent booth in the virtual exhibit hall and showcased a demo video, VMS+3.0 clinical materials, a signup sheet for potential research collaborators, and an advertisement for the next webinar to be held in May.
Outcomes from the weekend were:
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1.A new application was identified, and a potential lead investigator was engaged,
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2.Cardiologists signed up for the forthcoming webinar entitled “Remembering the forgotten ventricle – exploring the benefits of accurate and reliable measurements”,
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3.The Company was able to advance discussions with key cardiologists to conduct clinical evaluations, where the VMS can uniquely provide better and more timely information. These studies will be initiated once echocardiography services can fully re-open and resume normal operations.
The CSE is a non-profit organization comprised of 2,000 cardiovascular professions and strives to promote high quality echocardiographic services across Canada. This year’s virtual conference had an attendance of over 1,100 delegates that included cardiologists, internists, sonographers, and trainees from across the country and outside Canada.
In other news, on April 12, 2021 the Company granted 100,000 stock option grants to a consultant and 100,000 option grants to an employee. The stock option grants vested immediately and have an exercise price of $.50. After this grant, the Company has 836,250 options remaining for future grants.
About Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.
Ventripoint has become an industry leader in the application of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to echocardiography. Ventripoint’s VMS products are powered by its proprietary KBR technology, which is the result of a decade of development and provides accurate volumetric cardiac measurements equivalent to MRI. This affordable, gold-standard alternative allows cardiologists greater confidence in the management of their patients. Providing better care to patients serves as a springboard and basic standard for all of Ventripoint’s products that guide our future developments. In addition, VMS+ is versatile and can be used with all ultrasound systems from any vendor supported by regulatory market approvals in the U.S., Europe and Canada.
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