Ximedica Opens Branch in Minnesota

Ximedica, a full-service medical device product development firm based in Providence, R.I., has opened a regional office at the University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

The new location marks the company’s third facility and will serve as a central hub for its healthcare client base in the Midwest, company officials said. The firm also has an office in Hong Kong, China, to support its Asia supply-chain operations.

“Ximedica has always been a trusted partner to its clients,” said Stephen Lane, CEO and co-founder of Ximedica. “We have earned this by collaborating with them to deliver sophisticated medical devices built for today’s healthcare environment. By joining our clients in Minnesota—a community rich with medical device companies, leading academic research and clinical institutions—we are able to build upon this trust and grow together.”

Staff for the new location will include such specialties as industrial design, human factors and engineering.

David Copeland, director of Human Factors Industrial Design at Ximedica, will lead the new Minneapolis location.

“I am delighted to champion efforts to expand our breadth of expertise to the Midwest,” said Copeland, who has 18 years of experience in product development for Fortune 500 medical companies. “There’s nothing more important to us than helping our clients develop innovative, safe products that improve patient outcomes.”

The Minnesota facility is expected to be at full capacity this fall. As part of the company’s expansion and regionalization strategy, it also is expanding its Providence location to 100,000 square feet of integrated product development space.