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Topic: AUM Cardiovascular

When an investor pitch may have saved a healthcare VC’s life

When an investor pitch may have saved a healthcare VC’s life

April 26, 2011 10:00 am by | 0 Comments

Steve Kiemele got a taste for what early detection of coronary heart disease means – not at the doctor’s office, but in an attorney’s office in downtown Minneapolis during an ... Read more
Minnesota medical companies score big with Therapeutic Discovery

Minnesota medical companies score big with Therapeutic Discovery

November 3, 2010 6:29 pm by | 1 Comments

Minnesota medical device and biotech companies won about $24 million in tax credits and grants from the Qualified Therapeutic Discovery program. The $1 billion initiative born from federal healthcare reform ... 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