[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Pages 28931-28932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL DEVICES CENTER

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a great example 
of the academic and business communities working together to create new 
lifesaving technologies.
  The Medical Devices Center at the University of Minnesota is a 
shining

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example of what can happen when innovation is encouraged and sought out 
by an educational institution and aided by partnership.
  Last week I visited the University's Medical Devices Center and 
learned about this unique program that focuses on development of 
devices that have the strongest lifesaving impacts, partnering with 
others to also bring these products to market in the fastest manner 
possible. And you know what? The results speak for themselves.
  From just 1 year in the fellowship program, we've had 15 new 
provisional patents, 12 new available technologies, one licensing deal 
with a local business, and one new startup among the program's fellows.
  The center's collaborative approach between academics and business 
makes this a valuable program as well as a model for both Minnesota and 
the entire Nation to follow.

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