Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN

?? Artificial Intelligence is not just for writing emails and text messages. Join the conversation, From Concept to Clinic as our experts discuss accelerating medical tech innovation with AI. ?? Christopher Tignanelli, University of Minnesota Medical School Kevin W. Sexton, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nathan Downing, Gardner Law Patricia Khashayar, University of Minnesota Medical School ?? Learn more and register today: https://lnkd.in/g_vRguj8 #DMDconf #dmd2025 #IEMinnovationWeek #IEMweek2025 #MedicalDevices #Innovation #AI Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota

?? Session 1 is here!! We're extremely excited to have Dr. Leonardo Brito de Almeida from Department of Neurology, UMN Medical School as our session chair and Drs. Enrico Opri from University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering, Kara Johnson from University of Florida, and Nanditha Rajamani from Harvard Medical School as our speakers ?? ?? Registration TODAY! More info here: https://lnkd.in/ggDamss9 #Neuromod2025 | #UMNIEM | #IEMweek2025 Institute for Engineering in Medicine, University of Minnesota

BMDC is always proud to share our collaborative efforts to connect academia and industry! Earlier this month, Professors Masaru Ueki, Masao Matsunaga, and Atsuro Koga from Tottori University Hospital toured BMDC labs, working towards their national efforts to coordinate activities in Japan between industry and academia on healthcare ???? #UMNProud | #BakenMDC #UMN

I know there are many conferences to attend each year…but if you are excited about medtech as I am, and if you want to learn about tons of innovations happening at the intersection of academia, industry, government, and patient care, please attend the annual Design of Medical Devices Conference, UMN on April 28-30, 2025 organized by the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN at the University of Minnesota. I am the new Director of this Center, in which this conference has been going on for more than two decades to bring together numerous medtech companies and innovators across MN and worldwide. https://lnkd.in/gWyTpNq7 Check out the program. We have leading speakers spanning wearable technologies, combat medicine, total artificial heart, organ transplant innovations, cardiovascular and neural interventions, smart medtech for whole person health and diagnostics, advancing medtech translation with AI, pediatric cardiac technologies, vagus nerve treatments, organoids research, robotic surgery, orthopedics/rehab tech, and much more. We will also showcase a plenary panel discussion on growing a successful MedTech Innovation Ecosystem, as well as leaders sharing about future directions and opportunities in research/healthcare through ARPA-H and SBIR/STTR programs along with workshops in medtech translation and commercialization. There is something for everyone! Plus, a 5.10k fun run, a commercialization/innovation workshop, pediatric medtech innovation workshop, and later in the week we also have the MN Neuromodulation Symposium. Share the news and hope to see you there!! Lots of good food and networking too!

Congratulations to BMDC Founding Director Dr. Arthur Erdman on his recent election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) ?????? Dr. Erdman was among the 128 new members, including fellow University professor Dr. Roger Ruan, elected to the NAE this year. NAE membership is one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to engineers, recognizing individuals demonstrating outstanding contributions in training, research, and engineering practice. What motivates him? "What motivates me is my passion for improving healthcare. Even as a PhD student, I've always been interested in practical examples, applying engineering principles, and creating new engineering principles to solve real problems," say Dr. Erdman. "I continue to seek strategies to draw together groups of people with different strengths so that we can learn from each other." Read more from our latest interview: https://bit.ly/3F346oa #UMNProud

The Bakken Museum's Voices of Medical Alley Oral History Project is capturing the innovative spirit of Medical Alley—Minnesota’s world-leading medical device industry ???? Check out their feature on BMDC Founding Director Dr. Arthur Erdman and his story of how he became interested in engineering, got involved with Medical Alley, founded BMDC, and more! Full video here: https://lnkd.in/gfPeefB9

The first portable, battery-powered pacemaker was created through a collaboration between Medtronic founder Earl Bakken & UMN Dr. C. Walton Lillehei! This Medtronic/UMN partnership lives on in the Visible Heart? Laboratories, where life-changing medtech continues to be created in the same space, years later! #Pacemaker | #HeartMonth | #Medtronic | #MedTech

Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer founder and director of the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, is 2025 IEM Innovation Week Keynote speaker ? Join us on Wednesday, April 30 to hear her talk on “From Inspiration to Innovation: The Bakken Legacy Endures"! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gE6ttvpJ #IEMInnovationWeek2025 #UMNIEM | #DMD2025 | #UMNProud

Theodore N., University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering computer science undergrad at the Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN, specializes in creating VR models for clinicians and scientists! "It’s amazing to be able to work with clinicians and make a real impact in patient care, even though I’m not a doctor or an engineer, ” says Theo. Read more in our latest article: https://z.umn.edu/a574 #UMNIEM | #UMNProud #UMN #Gophers | #VR #Medtech #Healthcare

In December, University of Minnesota Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Hubert Lim spoke to alumni and donors about the collaboration between engineering and medicine at the University of Minnesota in San Diego, California. The Innovation with IMPACT event focused on how the university revolutionizes research and creates better, more effective patient care. The presentation was co-led with Professor Sayeed Ikramuddin, MD, MHA from the University of Minnesota Medical School. University of Minnesota Foundation // University of Minnesota Alumni Association