Pressure BioSciences gets Canadian patent

Pressure BioSciences Inc. said today it has been issued its first patent in Canada, which covers the company's pressure cycling technology.

According to the West Bridgewater-based company, its technology has the potential to play a significant role in improving the speed, ease-of-use, and sensitivity of diagnostic and research tests currently used today in the laboratories of life-sciences companies in their quests for new drugs.

Pressure BioSciences said it already has patents covering its technology in such countries as the United States, Japan, and Germany.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)