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Topic: 3M

3M and Sage Products create “Nose to Toes” kit to reduce infections

3M and Sage Products create “Nose to Toes” kit to reduce infections

April 12, 2012 12:40 pm by | 1 Comments

3M Health Care and Sage Products announced Thursday that they are collaborating on a solution that will reduce the rate of hospital infections.Through the partnership, Sage Products, a disposable healthcare ... Read more
3M counters ‘sabotage’ charge with ‘blackmail’ lawsuit

3M counters ‘sabotage’ charge with ‘blackmail’ lawsuit

June 21, 2011 4:20 pm by | 0 Comments

3M has come out swinging against a U.K. firm that has launched a lawsuit against the St. Paul, Minnesota company for allegedly sabotaging a technology it acquired from that firm.In ... Read more
U.K. government and a U.K. firm seek $67M from 3M in lawsuit

U.K. government and a U.K. firm seek $67M from 3M in lawsuit

June 13, 2011 6:26 pm by | 0 Comments

The British government has gotten involved in a lawsuit against 3M over how it managed a technology it acquired from a company partially owned by a U.K. Ministry of Defence ... Read more
Did 3M sabotage a superbug detecting device?

Did 3M sabotage a superbug detecting device?

May 16, 2011 6:03 pm by | 0 Comments

A British company is alleging that diversified conglomerate 3M Co. sabotaged a device that it sold to the St. Paul, Minnesota company in favor of bringing 3M’s own, more expensive ... Read more
3M threatens legal action; Andover pulls bandages off market

3M threatens legal action; Andover pulls bandages off market

March 30, 2011 5:21 pm by | 0 Comments

Andover Healthcare Inc. pulls its compression bandage system off the market in the face of a legal move by 3M Co. to enforce a recently won patent.3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) forced ... Read more
3M wins patent, sues for infringement

3M wins patent, sues for infringement

December 22, 2010 1:58 pm by | 0 Comments

3M Co. sues Andover Healthcare Inc. for allegedly infringing on patents related to the company’s two-layer compression bandage systems.3M Co. (NYSE:MMM) is suing Salisbury, Mass.-based Andover Healthcare Inc. for patent ... Read more
Kramer’s exit from the University of Minnesota raises tricky questions

Kramer’s exit from the University of Minnesota raises tricky questions

August 12, 2010 3:21 pm by | 1 Comments

In the end, Matt Kramer’s departure from the University of Minnesota was a lot more low key than his hiring less than a year ago.With great fanfare, the school had ... Read more
Employers health group CEO: we need to focus on “real reform”

Employers health group CEO: we need to focus on “real reform”

August 11, 2010 5:11 pm by | 0 Comments

Long before healthcare reform, medical home, and quality metrics became today’s buzz words, there was the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG).Founded in 1988, the coalition of large Minnesota companies, ... Read more
MOJO/minnesota: The mojo is the mission

MOJO/minnesota: The mojo is the mission

April 8, 2010 1:17 pm by | 1 Comments

Aside from sharing the same first letter, “mojo” and “Minnesota” are words that don’t seem to carry a lot in common, though that may soon change. The state is home ... Read more
Top U.S. intellectual property official vows to clear patent backlog

Top U.S. intellectual property official vows to clear patent backlog

April 6, 2010 6:48 pm by | 1 Comments

A top Commerce Department official Tuesday vowed to unclog the country’s beleaguered patent office, linking efforts to clear hundreds of thousands of patent applications to creating jobs and reducing America’s ... Read more
Night Read (Minnesota): American Medical Systems sells product line for $20 million

Night Read (Minnesota): American Medical Systems sells product line for $20 million

February 16, 2010 7:28 pm by | 0 Comments

This is the second major divestiture for AMS in the past six months. The Minnetonka-based company sold its Ovion sterilization technology to Mountain View, Calif.-based Conceptus Inc. for $23.6 million ... Read more
Shhhh…Do you hear that? It sounds like a heart attack.

Shhhh…Do you hear that? It sounds like a heart attack.

January 8, 2010 6:10 pm by | 3 Comments

Haunted by her husband's death, Marie Johnson, an engineer who now directs the University of Minnesota Medical Devices Fellowship program, is developing a low-cost acoustic device that primary care doctors ... Read more
University of Minnesota medical device guru gets nice Christmas surprise: The country’s top invention of 2009

University of Minnesota medical device guru gets nice Christmas surprise: The country’s top invention of 2009

December 23, 2009 4:01 pm by | 1 Comments

The director of the University of Minnesota's Medical Device Center Fellows program developed algorithms and signal processing techniques used in detecting and analyzing abnormal heart beats. The resulting system, a ... Read more
A Bluetooth stethoscope (BlackBerry software pending)

A Bluetooth stethoscope (BlackBerry software pending)

August 19, 2009 6:59 pm by | 2 Comments

The Littmann 3200, records and can store heart, lung and other body sounds and has ambient noise reduction capabilities. But it also has Bluetooth wireless technology that can send data ... Read more