Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Gerald Timm

Titles: Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Gerald Timm (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gerald Timm was born in Minnesota and completed undergraduate and graduate studies there. He developed many medical devices for urological disorders and started several companies to market the various devices. Additionally, he worked as a researcher and professor at a Minnesota university. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Early career, interest in medical engineering applications, and tailoring education for medical technology work. University career: research, teaching, developing courses and interdisciplinary major. Development of medical devices for urological disorders and companies that sold them: electrical stimulation of bladder device and Mentor; hydraulic artificial urinary sphincter and American Medical Systems also inflatable penile prosthesis; urodynamic equipment and Dacomed: instrumentation products to help diagnosis of urinary incontinence, nocturnal penile tumescence monitor, two styles of malleable penile prostheses; penile cuff device and vaginal exercise weights and Timm Research Company. Consolidation of various companies into Timm Medical Technologies. Sales, marketing, and licensing of devices. Company capital sources. Drug therapy versus medical devices.

Dates

• 08/21/2000 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Timm, Gerald
• interviewer: Jeffrey, Kirk

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 87
• Accession Number: AV2001.104.13

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Pioneers of the Medical Device Industry in Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 87>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 21 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 00:58:00 running time

Subjects

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