ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2006--Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BIPH - News; FWB: BTN), a developer of next-generation medical technology, announced today that the Full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $400,000 in the Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill for research on the MYO-VAD cardiac assist device at the Rochester Heart Institute at Rochester General Hospital.