Design of Medical Devices Conference, UMN

02/20/2026

Thank you Abbott, for being one of our Premier Sponsors for the 25th DMD Conference!

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02/19/2026

Meet our Closing Keynote Session Speakers 👋

Hubert Lim, Chair, DMD Conference Director, Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN

Tyler Best, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Peter Schulam, Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson MedTech

02/12/2026

⭐ Meet our Opening Keynote Session Speakers ⭐

Ryan Egeland, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Solventum

Carlos Guerrero Chalela, Internist and Cardiologist, Fundación Cardioinfantil - LaCardio

Hubert Lam, Chair, DMD Conference Director, Earl E. Bakken Medical Devices Center, UMN

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02/06/2026

Registration for our 25th Design of Medical Devices Conference is here. Please follow the link and register today, space is limited! https://dmd.umn.edu/registration

01/21/2026

The Great Medtech Pitch Competition offers a unique opportunity for researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs to present their innovations to industry veterans and leaders in the field.

Please visit our website to learn more: https://dmd.umn.edu/medtechcomp

01/14/2026

Are you interested in showcasing your innovative work in medical devices? Join us at the 14th Annual Design of Medical Devices Conference Student Design Showcase! We invite you to submit your entries and share your groundbreaking research with a community of passionate professionals and fellow students.

Please visit our website: https://dmd.umn.edu/student-showcase to learn more about eligibility and prizes.

09/18/2025

DMD paper submissions are OPEN! Don't miss out on this opportunity to present your research in front of top medtech academia and industry professionals!

Papers must fit into one of the following topics:

- Cardiovascular Devices
- Computational Modeling & Simulation
- Digital Health & Devices
- Human Factors & Wearable Devices
- Medical Device Materials & MFG Methods
- Medical Device Education & Training
- Medical Robotics
- Surgical Tools
- Advances in Medical Devices

Submit HERE: https://dmd.umn.edu/

🚨 This year, we will be hosting one evening poster session and network event.

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08/19/2025

🫀The 2025 Tuesday Lunch Keynote Presentation was all about the Past, Present and Future of the Total Artificial Heart by none other than Dr. William "Billy" Cohn.

If you missed the live talk or just have to watch it again, your wait in over. Visit the DMD YouTube Channel to watch today: https://youtu.be/hs5gTgR3YJk?si=OxVMiUXU97H4zNzq

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"The Past, Present and Future of the Total Artificial Heart: A very Houston-centric story"William "Billy" Cohn, MDCMO, BiVACORDirector, Center for Device Inn...

08/04/2025

Dr. Korkut Uygun kicked off the 2025 DMD Conference. Let us know what you thought of his talk in the comments.

If you missed the live presentation, watch the video on our YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/xC70gffoc1Y

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"Embracing the Extremes in Organ Preservation"Korkut Uygun, PhD, Professor, Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolAbstract: Organ transplantation is undergoing simu...

05/30/2025

Congratulations to our Student Showcase Competition winners!

🏆Grand Prize: "IntimaSeal by IntimaVision", Abby Chae, Aiman Rahman, Korie Rudin, and Sradha Ravishankar- Rice University Department of Bioengineering
2nd: "Perfusion Refill Indicator for Monitoring Efficiency", Majd Ayyad, Shriya Boyapati, McKenzie Davis, Sophie Gu, and Sophie Klessel- University of Pennsylvania
3rd: "RenoAlert: A Rapid Acute Kidney Injury Diagnostic Device", Chris Le, Pratyusha Manda, Abinand Parthasarathy, and Mahima Vaidya- Georgia Tech

View the full list of all other competition winners: https://bit.ly/4iN4o0F

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Institute for Engineering in Medicine - University of Minnesota

05/23/2025

Congratulations to our Emerging Medical Innovation Valuation Competition winners!

🏆Grand Prize: "Twistomy", Steven Moulton, University of Colorado Boulder and Ezalife
2nd: "Bimpo Chair", Dane Rustad, Bimpo Chairs LLC
3rd: "UltraTracTM", Dori Jones, AcQumen Medical

View the full list of all other competition winners: https://bit.ly/4iN4o0F

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Institute for Engineering in Medicine - University of Minnesota