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News Release from: Endevco
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2006
Sponsorship supports medical device
conference
Endevco Corporation has participated as a Sponsor for the 2006 Design of Medical Devices Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota.
Endevco Corporation has participated as a Sponsor for the 2006 Design of Medical Devices (DMD) Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota With the growing prominence of the Minnesota area as a centre of activity for innovation in medical devices and related technologies, the University of Minnesota initiated an annual medical device design symposium in 2001
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has grown into an event with international stature and delegates.
Conference goals are to promote the medical device industry; provide a forum to bring medical device designers, manufacturers, researchers, and representatives from the public sector together to share perspectives on medical devices; and raise funds from corporate sponsorship to endow graduate fellowships in medical device design.
"It is through support like Endevco's that we will be able to improve our undergraduate and graduate programmes and to strengthen the ties between the university and industry, especially in research and teaching programmes", stated Peter McMurry, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Endevco is a leader in providing high-performance acceleration monitoring sensors that are used in devices such as heart pacemakers and defibrillators.
The involvement with the DMD conference is an example of the company's support for academic research and excellence.
"We are very pleased to have this kind of opportunity to help build strong and productive relationships between that academic and commercial worlds", noted John Kemp, President of Endevco.
"It is crucial that knowledge sharing be encouraged and facilitated to feed development of next generation technology and industry best practices".
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