Congratulations to our Great Medtech Pitch Live Competition winners!
This event offers a unique opportunity for researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs to present their innovations to industry veterans and leaders in the fields of medical technology R&D, marketing, and commercialization.
🏆 Grand Prize: Meld Bio
🥈 2nd Place: Vascudyne Living Tissue
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Congratulations to our Student Design Showcase winners!
This event features student teams from across the country presenting coursework-driven designs. These students presented to professional judges, who evaluated each project closely. Every student showed passion and drive for enhancing the future of medical devices.
🏆 Grand Prize: Ergonomic Vacuum Resectoscope for Enhanced Transurethral Bladder Tumor Resection
🥈 2nd Place: Reel-IV: Reel-ing in IV dislodgement through safer, tangle-free mobility
🥉 3rd Place: Secure Nasogastric Unit for Growth (S.N.U.G)
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Thinking about who will be at DMD 2026?... 🤔
...Look no further, meet our outstanding keynote speakers and the topics they will cover. 🤩
For more information and registration, please look at our linktree.
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It is that time of the year again 🎉
Join us for the 25th Design of Medical Devices Conference on April 21-22, in Minneapolis, MN.
To learn more about this event, please go to our linktree in our bio.
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On Monday evening, IEM and VHL @visibleheartlab hosted their annual Advanced Cardiac Physiology and Anatomy Short Course reception.
This year the keynote speaker was Travis Dahlen, Senior Director of Software & Systems Engineering at Abbott Electrophysiology. Travis shared insights that he had gained from this event in the past and how it inspires his work.
Thank you to everyone who attended. We look forward to seeing you in January 2027 for the next short course event!
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Inspiring the next generation of engineers and medical device innovators 💪 Last week, we hosted IEM's Annual Inspire Conference with 27 Minnesota high schools, exploring this year's theme "Wearable Devices" through a wide variety of health conditions/diseases including hearing loss, diabetes, and surgical recovery. Thank you to all 210+ students and teachers who attended the conference!
We are so thankful for all our wonderful collaborators this year! @abbottglobal , @starkeyhearing , @medtronic , and @solventumhealth hosted interactive breakout sessions, showcasing the latest medtech to the students. Dr. Carlye Lauff from @umndesign led this year's the Invention Session, showing students the product development and design process. Together, we created an amazing atmosphere filled with high energy and excitement for the students to explore the wide world of medical devices✨
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In April this year, Dr. Javier Navarro Rueda joined the @umnmedschool as a new Assistant Professor in the @visibleheartlab (VHL)! Dr. Navarro Rueda's research focuses on cardiovascular biomedical devices, biomaterials, and using 3D technologies to improve surgical planning and medical education.
Dr. Navarro Rueda first met VHL and VHL Director Dr. Paul Iaizzo while working on with PhD. "I first learned about the VHL while doing my PhD on bioreactors. Then a few years later, I was setting up a clinical 3D printing center at Fundación Cardioinfantil, the pediatric cardiovascular hospital back in Colombia, my home country. We contacted many 3D printing centers around the world, including the VHL. I reached out to Paul and they flew us out to Minnesota," says Dr. Navarro Rueda. "We spent a couple of weeks here with the Lab learning a lot and establishing a collaboration with VHL and @stratasys . Thanks to that support, the Center has been running for about 5 years now and is part of the largest cardiovascular pediatric hospital in Colombia, pushing a lot of innovative ideas and being a reference center for Latin America."
Read more about Dr. Navarro Rueda from our latest interview with him (link in bio).
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No tricks or treats here, just a Halloween story from IEM's @visibleheartlab and the Bakken Medical Devices Center to remember 🍂 🎃
Read the full story from the University Archives (link in stories/bio).
