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Fuse Business Innovation Awards celebrates the accomplishments of local, small businesses The Fuse Business Innovation Awards are co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center and inVenture, Bloomington’s technology business incubator. Congratulations to the winners!
The Small Business Development Center would like to once again, thank our sponsors for their generous support of the 2008 Fuse Business Innovation Awards. |
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Cook unveils catheter Officials at Cook Medical say they’ve opened up more jobs in Bloomington to accommodate the assembly of a new product whose U.S. debut was Monday, the Advance 18LP Balloon Dilatation Catheter. The catheter’s final assembly is done in Bloomington, from parts made in other Cook facilities, said Rob Lyles, vice president and global business unit leader for Cook Medical’s peripheral intervention business unit. The catheter allows doctors to inflate a tiny balloon inside blocked leg arteries, reopening them. The Advance 18LP, he says, also heralds the upcoming arrival of more products for use in leg arteries. “New positions have been added and will be added to accommodate the rest of the line,” he said. The Advance 18LP is meant for use in the thigh area and behind the knee. This product, Lyles said, is smaller than similar catheters, so doctors can make a smaller hole to enter the artery being worked on. He said Cook is developing a new set of products that will allow doctors to move throughout a patient’s legs. In addition to the upcoming leg therapy devices, Lyles said Cook Medical is set to open its first-ever sales office and warehouse in mainland China in a month and a half. The Cook Pharmica site off of Patterson Drive is expected to grow in 2010. The $80 million expansion will handle new production lines that will fill and pack medical vials. A company spokesperson said the number of future hires for the new leg therapy device series has yet to be determined as it will depend on product demand. |
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October 28: Fuse of CATS October 29: Fuse of CATS November 5: Business Orientation Start-up Session (BOSS) November 7: New Economy, New Rules Seminar November 4, 11, 18, 25: Community Chats November 19: Business Orientation Start-up Session (BOSS) |
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