Echo Therapeutics Announces New Patent For Its Non-Invasive Sensing Technology

ISELIN, N.J., June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ECTE), a medical device company focused on non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and associated technologies, today announced a new patent covering its system and methods for transdermal monitoring of analytes, including glucose and other substances.

Echo Therapeutics received notice that its patent application entitled "Transdermal Analyte Monitoring System and Methods for Analyte Detection" has been granted by Japan (Application number 2013-169786) and will expire in 2028. This is a divisional patent, which describes a system utilizing a sensor and a hydrogel with a specific formulation that work together to allow detection of glucose, lactate or other substances. This allowance is significant in that it provides system level protection that matches the design of Echo's NextGen system.

"This patent, along with the other previously announced Japanese patents, allows us to aggressively pursue business development opportunities that were not previously available in Japan," said Scott W. Hollander, Echo's President and CEO. "With the addition of this patent we now have protection in Japan covering our CGM system as opposed to its individual components. We continue to invest in our global IP position in strategically targeted territories for applications of both current and future applications of our technology."

About Echo Therapeutics

Echo Therapeutics is developing its non-invasive, wireless, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system. A significant opportunity exists for the Company's CGM to be used in the outpatient diabetes market and in the fitness, weight loss and personal lifestyle wearable-health space. A longer-term opportunity also exists in the hospital settings. Echo developed its needle-free skin preparation device as a platform technology that allows for enhanced skin permeation enabling extraction of analytes, such as glucose, and enhanced delivery of topical pharmaceuticals.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to regulatory approvals and the success of Echo's clinical studies, the safety and efficacy of Echo's CGM System, the failure of future development and preliminary marketing efforts related to Echo's CGM System, Echo's ability to secure additional commercial partnering arrangements, risks and uncertainties relating to Echo's and its partners' ability to develop, market and sell Echo's CGM System, the availability of substantial additional equity or debt capital to support its research, development and product commercialization activities, and the success of its research, development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies, including those plans and strategies related to its CGM System. These and other risks and uncertainties are identified and described in more detail in Echo's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Echo undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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