Bioheart, Inc. to Introduce At-Home Heart Failure Monitor for Congestive Heart Failur...( Expands Focus to Include Intelligent...)

Expands Focus to Include Intelligent Devices in Treatment of Heart Failure

and Cardiovascular Diseases

SUNRISE, Fla., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bioheart, Inc. (Nasdaq: BHRT), a company committed to delivering intelligent devices and biologics that help monitor, diagnose and treat heart failure and cardiovascular diseases, today announced it has secured worldwide non-exclusive distribution rights to the Bioheart 3370 Heart Failure Monitor, an interactive and simple-to-use at-home intelligent device designed specifically to improve available healthcare to patients outside hospitals who are suffering from heart failure. The device, manufactured by RTX Healthcare A/S (Denmark), has 510k market clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for marketing in the U.S. and CE mark approval for marketing in Europe and other countries that follow this mark. The Company is planning to begin immediate commercial distribution.

The compact Bioheart 3370 Heart Failure Monitor engages patients through personalized daily interactions and questions, while collecting vital signs and transmitting the information directly into a database. It is uniquely available in both a wireless configuration and through hook-up to regular telephone lines. The data are regularly monitored by a remotely located medical professional, who watches for any abnormal readings that may signal a change in the patient's health status. These changes are reported back to the treating physician.

"Remote monitoring of heart failure patients forms a cornerstone of heart failure disease management, enhancing the opportunity to avoid episodes of worsening heart failure and emergency hospitalizations," said William Abraham, MD, profess
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