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Device Axed by Medtronic Gets Second Life

May 11, 2012
For Tim Herbert, this medical device was too good to let go. And venture capitalists appear to agree. Herbert’s company, Inspire Medical, has closed on $14.5 million in funding to support clinical trials and marketing of its product, a pacemaker-sized implantable device that treats obstructive sleep apnea.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal