Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN

Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN Moving medical technology from idea to commercialization. Contact the Earl E. Bakken MDC with Questions, Ideas and Requests at mdcinfo@umn.edu

Accelerating medical technology from idea to commercialization.

Today is THE DAY! On this important day of giving, your efforts will help support all the amazing work BMDC does, such a...
11/20/2025

Today is THE DAY! On this important day of giving, your efforts will help support all the amazing work BMDC does, such as providing prototyping facilities that supports researchers, clinicians and engineers resolve clinical needs ⚙️💪

Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gqnEMrmw

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Give to the Max Day is next Thursday, November 20! Support the next generation of engineers 💪 Your efforts will help sup...
11/13/2025

Give to the Max Day is next Thursday, November 20! Support the next generation of engineers 💪 Your efforts will help support all the amazing work BMDC does, such as providing prototyping facilities that supports researchers, clinicians and engineers resolve clinical needs!

Learn more here: https://med.umn.edu/bmdc/about-us/give

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10/31/2025

No tricks or treats here, just a Halloween story to remember 🍂 🎃

Our Innovation Fellows Program is training future leaders, from physicians to entrepreneurs to engineers 💪 ⚙️“Our fellow...
10/22/2025

Our Innovation Fellows Program is training future leaders, from physicians to entrepreneurs to engineers 💪 ⚙️

“Our fellows collaborate with University experts in needs-finding, brainstorming, and grant proposals. Fellows learn how to use a variety of prototyping tools through a series of fun exercises,” says IFP Director Danny Sachs.

Since our inaugural cohort in 2008, IFP has trained 91 fellows, with 9 new fellows joined the program in the summer. While the program’s mission is innovation training, start-up ventures have emerged from it, including companies like Stimdia Medical and Aria CV.

Read more: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/not-if-when-next-medical-device-breakthrough-coming

Last month, we celebrated Founding Director Dr. Art Erdman's 80th birthday 🥳Over his career, he has founded BMDC at the ...
09/22/2025

Last month, we celebrated Founding Director Dr. Art Erdman's 80th birthday 🥳

Over his career, he has founded BMDC at the University along with the Design of Medical Devices Conference, has filed numerous device patents and consulted for over 50 companies, has led the effort to create LINCAGES, a mechanism software design package that has been use worldwide, and has taught and mentored over a thousand students. Recently, last spring, Dr. Erdman was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

At BMDC, he started a garage band with the faculty, staff, and students that continues to hold weekly practices. At the University's Men's Crew, Dr. Erdman was named head coach for 5 years in 1973. That year, he led Minnesota lightweights to win the Canadian Henley Men's Lightweight 8+ and Minnesota participates in the inaugural Midwest Rowing Championships - VL4+ to win gold, VL8+ and Open 4- to win silver. In 2018, he was honored by Minnesota Men's Crew with the naming of an 8 person crew shell, "Dr. Art Erdman".

Thank Dr. Erdman for the impact you have made and continue to make at University of Minnesota 👏

DMD paper submissions are OPEN! Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your research in front of top medtech acad...
09/18/2025

DMD paper submissions are OPEN! Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your research in front of top medtech academia and industry professionals!

Papers must fit into one of the following topics:

- Cardiovascular Devices
- Computational Modeling & Simulation
- Digital Health & Devices
- Human Factors & Wearable Devices
- Medical Device Materials & MFG Methods
- Medical Device Education & Training
- Medical Robotics
- Surgical Tools
- Advances in Medical Devices

Submit HERE: https://dmd.umn.edu/

🚨 This year, we will be hosting one evening poster session and network event.

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🦴 Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Spine Brace Wear-Time Sensor: Scoliosis is a problem which affects 2-3% of the world populatio...
09/16/2025

🦴 Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Spine Brace Wear-Time Sensor: Scoliosis is a problem which affects 2-3% of the world population. More here: https://med.umn.edu/education/course/teams-projects
Team Members: Youssef Barsoum, Leyman Bosat, Shaunak Mannjure, Jana Duong
Clinical Leads: Walter Truong, MD, Jonathan Sembrano MD

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😬 The pressure applied to the tongue for an extended period of time, can lead to swelling, deep lacerations, or nerve in...
09/04/2025

😬 The pressure applied to the tongue for an extended period of time, can lead to swelling, deep lacerations, or nerve injury. Learn more about the creativity of the Smart Mouth Retractor team had over the summer.

https://med.umn.edu/education/course/teams-projects
Team Members: Katie Johnsen, Adriana Tacheny, Bhavin Yedlapalli, Amil George, (not shown) Maryam Aghayeva
Clinical Lead: Ethan Bassett, MD

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🚨 📑 Check out our latest publication on T Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma from the American Journal of Hematology: "Lym...
09/04/2025

🚨 📑 Check out our latest publication on T Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma from the American Journal of Hematology: "Lymphocyte Kinetics and Outcomes of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma With Out of Specification Products"

🔗 Read publication here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.70001

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⚡MDIEU Student Team Highlight ⚡The Delivery of Virus-based Therapeutics team focused on cancer therapeutics with the pot...
08/13/2025

⚡MDIEU Student Team Highlight ⚡
The Delivery of Virus-based Therapeutics team focused on cancer therapeutics with the potential to overcome current limitations of conventional surgical and chemotherapeutic regimens.

Team Members: Arreh Jain, Britany Pacheco Vasquez, Isabel Moss Magaña, Sara Wilkowske, and Lucas Lodermeier

Clinical Lead: Christopher LaRocca, MD

https://med.umn.edu/education/course/teams-projects

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⚡MDIEU Student Team Highlight⚡This amazing team worked on a 3D-printed CPAP Device that supports babies with respiratory...
08/05/2025

⚡MDIEU Student Team Highlight⚡

This amazing team worked on a 3D-printed CPAP Device that supports babies with respiratory distress syndrome due to premature birth. Check out the full scope of this project and more https://med.umn.edu/education/course/teams-projects

Team Members:
Mohamed Elbahtawy, Tim Trussell, Alex Cheung, Sophia Konzen, Joyce Cubero

Clinical Lead:
Brandon Tomlin, MD MS

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