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	<title>Patent Pending</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spineology nets extra cash</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/07/14/spineology-nets-extra-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Spineology Inc. said Monday that it has raised $7.5 million from a private placement.
The St. Paul-based maker of devices used in spine surgeries will use the money to expand distribution, conduct clinical research, and develop new products.
The financing was led by Minneapolis-based Oakridge Financial. The company did not disclose the new investors.
 &#8220;We&#8217;re at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are CT scans for the heart useless?</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/07/02/are-ct-scans-for-the-heart-useless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do yourself a favor and read the excellent story in the past Sunday New York Times that questioned the medical value of doctors ordering powerful CT scans for the heart. The story argues there is little evidence that proves the benefits of advanced CT scans. Medicare, the story noted, doubted whether such procedures were necessary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Cloud program hopes to take off</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/07/01/st-cloud-program-hopes-to-take-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago, St. Cloud State University launched a masters degree program in regulatory affairs. The idea was to address a glaring hole in the state&#8217;s medical device industry: the lack of people with expertise in guiding companies through the often arduous and complex task of obtaining regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;super&#8221; round of financing</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/30/super-round-of-financing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ superDimension Ltd., which is developing GPS-like technology to help diagnose early stage lung cancer, said it raised $22.3 million in private equity financing. The company would not disclose the investors.
That means the Plymouth-based startup is close to breaking the $100 million financing mark. superDimension previously raised $75 million in venture capital from major investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two biz leaders silenced</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/27/two-biz-leaders-silenced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not used to death. My sister passed away from cancer in 2002 and to this day, it&#8217;s hard to believe that such a familiar person is no longer here.
So it was a bit disconcerting that two well respected men in the Twin Cities business community, Eugene Sit and Dennis Anderson,  should die four weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New medical device center at the U</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/23/new-medical-device-center-at-the-u/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota is hosting public tours for its new medical device research facility Tuesday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on the 5th floor of Shepard Labs, 100 Union St. SE.
For map and parking info go to www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/ShepLab.
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		<title>Better than I thought&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/23/better-than-i-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota ranked 11th in the country in leveraging its science and technology assets to promote economic development, according to an annual report by the Milken Institute, an independent think tank based in Santa Monica, Calif.
Although Minnesota fell three places from 2004, 11th place is still better than I expected. The state finished ahead of Pennsylvania, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BIO conference news</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/19/bio-conference-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Arizona Republic:
States push biotech progress to bolster U.S. economy
Ariz., Mass., Fla. press local lawmakers to set aside funding for research in order to bolster U.S. economy
Ken Alltucker
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 18, 2008 12:00 AM
SAN DIEGO - One day after signing a $1 billion biotech initiative for his state, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good first results from blood pressure device</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/18/good-first-results-from-blood-pressure-device/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CVRx Inc., a Maple Grove-based company that is developing a device to treat high blood pressure or hypertension, said the first data from a European clinical trial look promising.
The company&#8217;s Rheos Hypertension System consists of a electric pulse generator implanted in the collar bone of the patient that sends electrical signals to the left and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The stent and the mouse</title>
		<link>http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/pending/2008/06/17/the-stent-and-the-mouse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug/device combinations are considered the future of both the biotech and medical device industries. So it&#8217;s fitting that two Minnesota startups will launch a new company at BIO, the country&#8217;s top biotech conference, in San Diego today.Dubbed NanoInterventions, the joint effort by St. Paul-based Nanocopoeia and The Integra Group of Brooklyn Park offers &#8220;a new [...]]]></description>
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