MedMira Receives Canadian Patent for its Unique Quantitative Diagnostic System

“All our rapid tests are based on MedMira’s patented RVF Technology^® and provide an immediate quality Yes or No answer(s). Our speed in addition to our unique control line, allow for the fastest and high quality answer(s) at a real Point-of-Care setting. While the use of rapid tests have significantly increased over the last years, rapid tests are the first step by providing qualitative result(s). MedMira’s vision is to expand this further by adding a unique value with its MIROQ™ system. The Company’s RVF Technology^® together with the MIROQ™ technology allows health care providers to receive an immediate diagnosis with both qualitative AND quantitative results.” said Hermes Chan, CEO of MedMira Inc. “The synergies of both systems provide the highest quality answers within in minutes and at the most economical costs for health care providers. This combination allows for a truly Point-of-Care situation and enables for immediate treatment of patients. Our future vision has already become reality with MIROQ™. 

MedMira’s latest novel diagnostic system allows for accessible and efficient diagnostic tools for quantitative results in minutes. The user-friendly interface combined with automated interpretation allows for an expansion of MedMira’s current RVF-based tests and can provide a pathway to significantly increase the technology’s multiplexing abilities. The combination of the RVF and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy* (SERS) technology, creates MedMira’s patented novel high quality and cost-effective tool for the next generation – MIROQ™. This enables the amplification of the results produced by MedMira’s RVF-based rapid tests by creating a unique 3D structure with remarkable reproducibility that is yielded in a linear plot (R² = 0.98). The new addition to MedMira’s patent family creates perfect collaboration to expand its access in both the clinical immunoassay and the Point-of-Care markets, opening new doors into the evolving diagnostic landscape by providing both qualitative and quantitative test results in minutes.

The company developed the first prototype system in 2014 and went through extensive verification and validation performed by our academic partners here in NS, Canada. These findings were published in the Journal of Analytical Chemistry in November 2016 and describe the performance and efficiency of this technology to be on par with traditional expensive laboratory testing solutions which are generally limited to high complexity labs. This patented system with the proprietary build-in data capture and analysis software allows for immediate analysis of any positive (reactive) results within 1 min. This is in contrast to the current laboratory systems that may take from a couple of hours and up to a week to process samples.

MedMira will provide in the coming months the launch plan and next steps.

*Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is a technique that enhances Raman scattering of molecules embedded on a given surface by several orders of magnitude through the amplification of the electron cloud density around these molecules. Typical SERS signal enhancement factors (EF) are observed between 10⁶ and 10¹⁰ times, thus enabling a lower limit of detection and making the tests more sensitive.

About MedMira

MedMira is a leading developer and manufacturer of Rapid Vertical Flow^® diagnostics. The Company’s tests provide hospitals, labs, clinics and individuals with instant disease diagnosis, such as HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis, and SARS-CoV-2, in just three easy steps. The Company’s tests are sold globally under the REVEAL^®, REVEALCOVID-19^® , Multiplo^® and Miriad^® brands. Based on its patented Rapid Vertical Flow^® Technology, MedMira’s rapid HIV test is the only one in the world to achieve regulatory approvals in Canada, the United States, China and the European Union. MedMira’s corporate offices and manufacturing facilities are located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. For more information visit medmira.com. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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