On the elliptic curve $x^4+y^4 =193z^2$

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Given the simultaneous Diophantine equations,

$$u^2+v^2=w^2\tag{1}$$

$$x^4+y^4 = (u^6+v^6)t^2\tag{2}$$

the only solutions seem to be for the first Pythagorean triple $u,v,w = 3,4,5$ which yield the elliptic curve,

$$x^4+y^4 = 193z^2$$

with initial solution $x,y = 18,31$. Or alternatively,

$$s^4+1 = 193t^2$$

which has initial rational point $s = 18/31$ (and an infinite more) and is birationally equivalent to an elliptic curve in Weierstrass form.

Question: Are there other co-prime $u,v$, such that (2) is solvable? (I did a quick search using Mathematica and didn't find any, though my search radius for $x,y$ could just have been too small.)