Soliton Granted New Key Patent for FDA Cleared RAP Technology

HOUSTON, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Soliton, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOLY) (“Soliton” or the “Company”), a medical device company with a novel and proprietary platform technology, today announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the Company’s U.S. Application #13/798,710. The issued patent application, titled “Rapid Pulse Electrohydraulic (EH) Shockwave Generator Apparatus and Methods for Medical and Cosmetic Treatments”, was allowed on March 31, 2020.

Dr. Christopher Capelli, MD, founder, President and CEO of Soliton, commented, “We are pleased to add yet another issued patent to our broad IP portfolio, protecting our innovative Rapid Acoustic Pulse device. We will continue to explore all opportunities to validate our intellectual property.”

The RAP device uses electrohydraulics to generate the designed acoustic shockwaves at a rate of up to 100 per second to effectively target differences in density at the cellular level. The high repetition rate of Soliton shockwaves is a key component of our patent-pending technology.  The proprietary nature of our technology is supported by eight patent families and over 100 patents issued or pending.

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About Soliton, Inc.

Soliton, Inc. is a medical device company with a novel and proprietary platform technology licensed from MD Anderson. The Company’s first FDA cleared commercial product will use rapid pulses of acoustic shockwaves as an accessory to lasers for the removal of unwanted tattoos. The Company is based in Houston, Texas, and is actively engaged in bringing the Rapid Acoustic Pulse (“RAP”) device to the market. The Company believes this “Soliton” method has the potential to lower tattoo removal costs for patients, while increasing profitability to practitioners, compared to current laser removal methods.  Soliton is investigating potential additional capabilities of the RAP technology in clinical and preclinical testing, including the potential to improve the appearance of cellulite by creating mechanical stress at the cellular level and inducing significant collagen growth and the potential to treat keloid and hypertrophic scars by targeting the stiffened environment in the intracellular matrix. 

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