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Business Wire September 10, 2010 LifeScience Alley® announced today that 10 life science organizations will be exhibiting cutting-edge technologies at the association’s Annual Conference & Expo as part of the New Technology Showcase. Three of the 10 selected organizations will be presenting their technologies during the luncheon general session in front of an anticipated 1,600+ national and international life science professionals. The Conference & Expo will take place on Dec. 8 in Minneapolis, Minn. “Identifying and highlighting breakthrough technology is important to driving the life science industry. The New Technology showcase does just that by providing emerging and established companies…

Article by: Suzy Frisch Twin Cities Business June 1, 2010 When it comes to knee problems, options for pain relief basically go from over-the-counter painkillers to replacement surgery. OrthoCor Medical believes it has found a middle-ground therapy for knee pain caused by arthritis, sprains, and inflammation, and Minnesota’s angel investors seem to agree. The Minneapolis-based company raised more than $1 million last year, financial backing that is a testament to the potential of OrthoCor’s product, says John Dinusson, a company cofounder and its president and CEO. There are 26 million people in the United States who suffer from joint pain….

Article by: Janet Moore Star Tribune February 3, 2010 9:19 PM The single-room office of OrthoCor Medical has the distinct aura of a young start-up company — mismatched furniture, disheveled desktops and maze of boxes shoved here and there. Located in the University Enterprise Laboratories business incubator in St. Paul, the tiny three-person firm is on the cusp of rolling out its core (and so far, its only) product — a unique knee brace that, according to the company, provides temporary relief of joint pain and arthritis and, longer term, reduces swelling and pain. This is a particularly frenetic time…