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Startups get $1.1M for tech-transfer efforts

September 3, 2010 /

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Strong arms, packed bowels during surgery and a Velcro system to stop bleeding are among the research topics to recently receive a total of $1.1 million in funding from the Maryland Technology Development Corp.

All told, 15 Maryland startups that are working with university and federal researchers received $75,000 each to help move their technologies from the lab to the marketplace.

"From devices that will make great medical contributions to technologies that will change the face of modern agriculture, Tedco’s Maryland Technology Transfer and Commercialization Fund helps a wide-range of innovations become a reality," said John Wasilisin, acting president and executive director of Tedco.

The new recipients and their projects:

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