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"Inside the lab that’s the beating heart of Medtronic’s product pipeline"
At the UMN, researchers keep hearts alive outside the body for hours. Medtronic uses them to develop blockbuster devices.
By Victor Stefanescu | February 1, 2025
"Visible Heart Laboratories — home of the U’s beating heart"
The lab reanimates mammalian hearts and develops human physiology education tools.
by Rachel Hoppe | February 17, 2025
25 Years of Visible Heart® Laboratories Research & Training at the UMN
June 22, 2022
Principal Investigator, Paul Iaizzo, PhD, was awarded a Bronzed Human Heart Model by Medtronic in late June during the 25th-anniversary celebration of the Visible Heart® Laboratories within the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Stratasys donates 3D printers to UMN’s Visible Heart Lab
February 15, 2022
Located at the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Visible Heart® Laboratories helps medical students, medical device creators, and many others utilize the benefits of 3D printing technology and anatomic models.
Wildlife's Winter Survival Guide
December 29, 2021
Imagine temperatures below zero for sustained periods, snow several feet deep - all causing a lack of food and housing. It is a reality for many animals.
2018 - 2020
March 8, 2020
Participating in Minnesota bear study an opportunity of a lifetime
An avid outdoorsman from Plummer in Red Lake County, Hemly has spent the past decade assisting bear researchers from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources with a study to learn more about bears in the northwest part of the state.
March 5, 2020
Human hearts capture her heart
When she was just 14, Dannyelle Donahue decided to pursue a career as a medical device inventor.
February 11, 2020
Visible Heart Laboratories Reaches International Territories with Education
The Visible Heart® Laboratories at the University of Minnesota Medical School, is bridging the international gap; every year, over half a million people utilize their website.
December 15, 2019
Into the Bear's Lair
Researchers study the hibernation habits of Minnesota's black bears to benefit their kind—and maybe ours.