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Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center

University of Minnesota (Institute for Engineering in Medicine)

AcceleratorUniversity acceleratorUniversityActive

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Program at a Glance

Program type
Accelerator
Program category
University accelerator
Organization
University of Minnesota (Institute for Engineering in Medicine)
Organization type
University
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Company stage served
Not publicly documented
Cohort or participation model
Annual Innovation Fellows cohort based in clinical immersion and device development
Investment or funding offered
Not publicly documented
Published investment terms
Not publicly documented
Equity or fee model
Not publicly documented
Clinical or hospital connection
Not publicly documented
Application status
Active

Public description

About the program

The Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering and Medical School to create technology-based solutions to clinical problems and train medical device innovation leaders. Its signature Innovation Fellows Program embeds interdisciplinary fellows in clinical environments to identify needs and develop device concepts toward commercialization. The center is part of the university's Institute for Engineering in Medicine and also runs the MedWorx initiative.

What the program publicly emphasizes

Focus areas and features

Medical devicesclinical needs findingprototypingmedtech fellowship training
  • Category: University accelerator
  • Program structure: Annual Innovation Fellows cohort based in clinical immersion and device development

Sources

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  1. bmdcbios.umn.edu