Minnesota has the institutions and the talent to transform healthcare in the U.S. The question is whether the money will follow. RxFunction makes wearable devices called “Walkasins” that help people with chronic health conditions prevent falls that can lead to serious injury. It took eight painstaking years, though, before the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based startup secured […]
How Minnesota got a Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium
Dr. Gwenyth Fischer, director of The Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium at the University of Minnesota, thinks the seven-year-old group may have a bit of an edge over similar groups elsewhere in the U.S. The advantage could be summed up in one word: “location.” Minneapolis-St. Paul is a major U.S. medical device hub — a tight-knit community […]
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