Viveve Announces Expansion of IP Portfolio with Patent Issuance in Taiwan

ENGLEWOOD, CO / ACCESSWIRE / July 12, 2022 / Viveve Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVE), a medical technology company focused on women's health and the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI), today announced that the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently issued Taiwan Patent No. I766557 for Viveve's dual-energy technology. The awarded patent further expands and strengthens Viveve's intellectual property portfolio in one of Asia's key markets.

"This most recent patent decision represents an important advance in our IP position because Taiwan is a key international market for our technology and plays an important role in influencing women's medical and health trends throughout Asia," said Scott Durbin, Viveve's chief executive officer. "With our robust and growing intellectual property estate, we continue to advance our global clinical development and commercialization strategy toward a potential new indication in the U.S. for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women."

In Taiwan, the Viveve® System is indicated for use in general surgical procedures for anticoagulation and hemostasis. Dynamic Medical Technologies, Inc. remains Viveve's exclusive distribution partner in the country.

About Viveve

Viveve Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company focused on women's health and the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Viveve is committed to advancing new solutions to improve women's overall well-being and quality of life. The internationally patented Viveve® System incorporates Cryogen-cooled Monopolar Radiofrequency technology to uniformly deliver volumetric heating while gently cooling surface tissue to generate neocollagenesis in a single in-office session. In the United States, the Viveve® System is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in general surgical procedures for electrocoagulation and hemostasis. International regulatory approvals and clearances have been received for vaginal laxity and/or improvement in sexual function indications in 50 countries.

Viveve continues to advance its clinical development program in SUI. Viveve received FDA approval of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to conduct the multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled PURSUIT trial for improvement of SUI in women in July 2020 and FDA approval of its requested amendments to the IDE protocol in December 2020. Initiation of the trial was reported in January 2021 and completion of subject enrollment was announced on December 14, 2021. Topline results are anticipated at the end of 2022. If positive, results from the PURSUIT trial may support a new SUI indication in the U.S.

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