Minnesota-based disposable medical device startup United Medical Innovations Inc. is planning a product launch mid-year 2012, or immediately after it anticipates receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its spring assisted syringe and manifold kit.UMI develops and manufactures medical devices used in performing a coronary angiogram, an imaging technique that uses radioactive dye and [...]

It’s time to call the $24 million University Enterprise Laboratories Inc. what it is: a successful landlord.During the past six years, UEL has portrayed itself as a biotech incubator helping the University of Minnesota’s technology transfer efforts. But, for the most part, the university has been propping up what is a textbook case of how [...]