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Biophan Europe Reports 2005 Development Milestones; Biophan Technologies' German Subsidiary Continues to Advance in Enabling Crucial MRI Visualization for Range of Medical Devices.


ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Please replace the release dated Dec. 28, 2005 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

BIOPHAN EUROPE REPORTS 2005 DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES; BIOPHAN TECHNOLOGIES' GERMAN SUBSIDIARY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE IN ENABLING CRUCIAL MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface.
 VISUALIZATION FOR RANGE OF MEDICAL DEVICES

Biophan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
: BIPH BIPH Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology (National Academy of Sciences; Ukraine) ; FWB (Fixed Wireless Broadband) See fixed wireless. : BTN BTN

In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Bhutan Ngultrum.

Notes:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
), a developer of next-generation biomedical technology Biomedical technology involves the application of engineering and technology principles to the domain of living or biological systems. Usually biomedical denotes a greater stress on problems related to human health and diseases. , announced today that Biophan Europe GmbH has reported a series of important operational achievements for the year ended December 31, 2005. Dr. Michael Friebe, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Biophan Europe, highlighted the Company's progress in developing proprietary solutions that enable fully compatible Magnetic Resonance Imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures.  (MRI) of stent based medical devices such as heart valves Heart valves
Valves that regulate blood flow into and out of the heart chambers.

Mentioned in: Heart Failure
, coronary and peripheral stents, and vena cava filters Vena Cava Filter Definition

A vena cava filter is a device inserted into a major vein to prevent a blood clot from entering the lungs.
Purpose
, as well as new honors and recognitions that it has received.

"We are pleased to report that 2005 was a year marked by substantial new accomplishments in meeting our biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to biomedicine.

2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences.
 mission and overall strategic objectives," said Dr. Friebe. "Following our reorganization as a European subsidiary of Biophan Technologies in May, we have continued to make very encouraging progress on several major development fronts. Our scientific team led by Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Andreas Melzer, has also received gratifying grat·i·fy  
tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies
1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please.

2.
 new recognition from the international scientific community in the last year."

Biophan Europe is a global leader in developing modification technologies to make a range of implanted devices clearly imageable with MRI systems. In general, MRI is considered a superior imaging technology compared to relatively risky and invasive alternatives, including catheter labs and X-ray machines. Biophan Europe's development program could dramatically improve interventional MRI and further enable minimally invasive surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. . Currently, many implantable and surgical devices comprised of metal are contraindicated for use with MRI. In order to extend MRI to additional patients who need it, Biophan Europe has developed a variety of patented resonant circuit resonant circuit
n.
An electric circuit with inductance and capacitance chosen to allow the greatest flow of current at a certain frequency.



resonant circuit  
 technologies to enable MRI imaging techniques to look "inside" stents and other implants, and to enable the MRI-guided implantation of the devices. Developed under the stewardship of Dr. Melzer, these potentially revolutionary capabilities would make virtually any stent fully visible with MRI, accompanied by certain changes in device design or material and proprietary AMRIS AMRIS Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
AMRIS Army Modernization Resource Information System
AMRIS Ad-Hoc Multicast Routing Protocol Utilizing Increasing Identification Numbers
(TM) technologies (AMRIS is the previously registered name of Biophan Europe).

In addition, Biophan Europe reported the following key accomplishments for 2005:

MRI-Visible Stent Design:

--Biophan Europe facilitated an exclusive license for Biophan Technologies with leading German biomedical researchers, Dr. Arno Bucker and Dr. Alexander Ruebben, for their breakthrough stent technology enabling accurate MRI in or around metallic stents. Together with the existing technologies already held by Biophan, including those obtained through the Company's recent acquisition of AMRIS GmbH, the exclusive license with Dr. Bucker and Dr. Ruebben will give Biophan licensing ownership to two of the most viable methods to create artifact-free images of stents and implants with MRI.

--Advanced a series of highly successful and encouraging acute animal trials in pigs. These initial studies demonstrate the feasibility of MRI imageable stents as a solidly viable concept and to establish whether diagnosing restenosis, or the re-clogging of arteries through unwanted tissue growth, can be imaged using MRI.

--Based on these results, Biophan Europe intends to launch chronic animal studies, the next major preclinical testing phase, expected to begin in Q2 2006.

MRI-Visible Vena Cava Filter:

--Further advanced a successful preclinical animal study collaboration related to MRI-vena cava filter imageability with a major strategic development partner in Germany, the University of Aachen. The study is designed to show, first, that this device would inherently be an effective filter, and, second, that this filter, as well as all other procedural tools used for this implantation procedure, would be fully compatible under MRI guidance, and would show the filter's status under MRI.

--This first testing phase of the filter is expected to be completed in Q1 2006. With further development progress, Biophan Europe expects to accelerate this product line to market.

MRI-Visible Stent-Based Heart Valve:

--Successfully demonstrated the conceptual feasibility and MRI imageability of a stent-based heart valve and the MRI image guided delivery of such a device.

MRI-Visible Occlusion occlusion /oc·clu·sion/ (o-kloo´zhun)
1. obstruction.

2. the trapping of a liquid or gas within cavities in a solid or on its surface.

3.
 Device:

--Filed a number of significant patent applications to cover additional breakthrough technologies related to development of an MRI-visible occluder, an implant designed to cure heart wall defects.

Additional Intellectual Property Expansion:

--Biophan Europe is also developing several additional product prototypes, for which patent protections have been filed. Additional details about these MRI-related technologies were not announced at this time.

Additional Honors and Recognition:

--Published an article written by Dr. Friebe about the future of MRI systems in interventional medical procedures. The article appeared in the IAMERS IAMERS International Association of Medical Equipment Remarketers & Servicers  Newsletter, published by the International Association of Medical Equipment Remarketers & Servicers (Oct. 2005);

--Received a prominent award for a research presentation from the leading group, the European Society on MRI technology, which formally presented the honor at a scientific conference held in Basel, Switzerland (Sept. 2005);

--Received substantial research grants during the year from the German government for continued studies of a proprietary vena cava filter technology.

--Worked closely with Biophan Technologies on the execution of milestone, multimillion dollar licensing and equity agreements with Boston Scientific The Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) (abbreviated BSC), is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a range of interventional medical specialties, including interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions, .

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, CEO of Biophan Technologies, said, "Our acquisition in May of what would become Biophan Europe was without doubt one of the past year's most important achievements. Biophan Europe's research has generated 15 additions to Biophan's extensive intellectual property portfolio, further strengthening our MRI technology leadership. The acquisition also brought new world-class scientific personnel and additional access to the European research community, where some of the most exciting research into MRI is being conducted. We are delighted with the past year's progress and look forward to additional advancements in 2006, both at Biophan Europe and at Biophan Technologies."

About Biophan Technologies

Biophan develops and markets cutting-edge technologies designed to make biomedical devices safe and image compatible with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. The Company develops technologies that enable medical systems such as pacemakers Pacemakers Definition

A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat.
Purpose

Pacemakers are implanted to regulate irregular contractions of the heart (arrhythmia).
, interventional surgical devices such as catheters and guidewires, and implants such as stents to be safely and/or effectively imaged under MRI. Biophan is developing these same technologies to provide new MRI contrast agents. Other applications include drug delivery and power systems which derive energy from body heat. Biophan also has an equity position in MYOTECH, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 to assist in development and commercialization of an MRI compatible cardiac assist device - the MYO-VAD(TM). Committed to growth through innovation and developmental leadership, Biophan and its licensors now hold a total of 156 U.S. patents, licenses, or applications, plus international applications. This total includes 45 issued U.S. patents, 7 recently-allowed applications that will issue as patents in the near future, and 104 pending applications at various stages of examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patents cover areas including nanotechnology (nanomagnetic particle coatings), medical device designs, radio frequency filters, polymer composites, thermoelectric ther·mo·e·lec·tric   also ther·mo·e·lec·tri·cal
adj.
Characteristic of, resulting from, or using electrical phenomena occurring in conjunction with a flow of heat.
 materials which generate electricity from body heat, and photonics. Biophan has joint development and licensing agreements with Boston Scientific and NASA's Ames Center for Nanotechnology. Biophan's goal is to make all biomedical devices capable of safely and successfully working with MRI, and delivering other technologies which will improve quality of life. Biophan is also listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange

The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS.
 under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol

An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors
 BTN. For more information, please visit www.biophan.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements reflect what Biophan anticipates, expects, or believes may happen in the future. Biophan's actual results could differ materially from the outcome or circumstance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to: Biophan's ability to develop its technologies; the approval of Biophan's patent applications; the successful implementation of Biophan's research and development programs; the ability of Biophan to demonstrate the effectiveness of its technology; the acceptance by the market of Biophan's technology and products incorporating such technology, the ability of Biophan to effectively negotiate and enter into contracts with medical device manufacturers for the licensing of Biophan's technology; competition; the ability of Biophan to raise capital to fund its operating and research and development activities until it generates revenues sufficient to do so; and the timing of projects and trends in future operating performance, as well as other factors expressed from time to time in Biophan's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). As a result, this press release should be read in conjunction with Biophan's periodic filings with the SEC which are incorporated herein by reference. The forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this press release, and Biophan undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
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