University of Minnesota hosts world's largest medical devices conference April 13-16
Conference includes exhibit of real human hearts, simulation technologies suite and live surgery broadcasted from Germany.
Media Note: University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor Art Erdman, medical devices expert and chair of the conference, is available for interviews. Media wishing to interview Erdman or attend the conference should contact Lacey Nygard at njnygard@umn.edu or Rhonda Zurn at rzurn@umn.edu.
What: University of Minnesota’s Design of Medical Devices Conference
When: April 13-16, 2015
Where: The Commons Hotel, 615 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis and University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/13/2015)—Medical device leaders from around the world in both industry and academia will converge at the University of Minnesota’s 14th annual Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD) April 13-16 at The Commons Hotel, 615 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis. The conference will address emerging trends related to medical device design, policy, engineering, education, and commercialization.
More than 1,200 people are expected to attend this year’s conference, making it the largest medical devices conference in the world. Additional walk-in registrations are welcome.
“The DMD conference continues to grow by all measures, illustrating the critical importance of medical devices and surrounding technologies, policies and clinical needs,” said Art Erdman, a University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor and conference co-chair. “Fourteen years ago we had a vision to establish an event where leaders from academia and industry would come together to share the latest issues in medical device design. This vision has become a successful reality and continues to exceed even our own expectations.”
The four-day conference offers technical sessions on a wide variety of topics, including live clinical surgery cases, human-centered informatics, computation, wearable medical devices, neuroengineering, surgical robotics, cardiac and perioperative ultrasound, improving patient outcomes through surgeon tools and training, clinical trials, smart tissue and organ substitutes, surgical simulation, micro and nano medical devices, human-centered informatics, and a workshop focused on innovation.
The conference also includes an interactive “A Heart to Learn” exhibit of real human hearts; two live clinical surgery cases that will be broadcasted from CardioVascular Center Frankfurt (CVC Frankfurt), Germany; and an advanced surgical and medical simulators exhibit that combines resources from 3D modeling, interactive visualization, and a one-of-a-kind human tissue properties database to develop medical simulation tools that look and act like parts of the human body.
A scientific poster session will showcase more than 110 emerging topics in the areas of cardiovascular, neuroengineering, orthopedics, urologic, rehabilitation, engineered tissues, nanotechnology, surgical tools, computer modeling and simulation, design and human factors, medical device product development process, regulatory and intellectual property, special devices and informatics.
For a full list of speakers and workshops at the Design of Medical Devices Conference or to register, visit dmd.umn.edu. Walk-ins are welcome.
The Design of Medical Devices Conference is presented by the University of Minnesota Medical Devices Center (part of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine), the College of Science and Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Several corporations are also providing industry sponsorships, including 3M, BD, Boston Scientific Corporation, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Medtronic Inc., LifeScience Alley, St. Jude Medical, Surpass and Ximedica.