Belluscura PLC Expands its Patent Portfolio

17 September 2018

Tekcapital plc

("Tekcapital" or the "Company")

Belluscura PLC Expands its Patent Portfolio

Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property (IP) investment group focused on creating marketplace value from university technology, announces that its portfolio company Belluscura plc ("Belluscura") has expanded its patent portfolio.

Belluscura PLC in conjunction with its exclusive research partner Separation Design Group, announced today the recent filing of three patent applications and the receipt of a Notice of Allowance of a fourth application in the fields of respiratory, postoperative recovery, sedation/sleep monitoring and artificial intelligence.

The latest patent application, titled "System and method for improving patient recovery postoperatively," involves the combining of artificial intelligence and deep learning with Belluscura's patented oxygen enrichment and sleep technology to improve patient postoperative recovery and reduce hospital readmission.

Belluscura now owns or exclusively licenses 15 patents and applications in the respiratory, sedation/sleep monitoring and artificial intelligence (AI) fields.

Commenting on the patenting activities, Bob Rauker, CEO of Belluscura, said, "We are very excited about our next generation technology. It is estimated that patient readmissions in the US alone cost Medicare $27bn per year.  Incorporating AI into our leading-edge oxygen enrichment technology opens up additional markets in postoperative recovery beyond the current rapidly growing $1.2bn portable oxygen concentrator market."

Dr. Clifford Gross, Chairman at Tekcapital commented: "We are delighted with Belluscura's reported progress on the development of its intellectual property."

About Belluscura PLC

Belluscura plc is an English company that is focused on improving healthcare and people's lives by developing new and innovative treatment platforms. They license and develop proprietary technologies that can be applied across a range of treatment possibilities. For additional information, please visit www.belluscura.com.

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