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Medtronic-aided Swimmer Does English Channel

With a Medtronic disc in his back, the 53-year-old man made the crossing.

The StarTribune's Patent Pending blog revisited the story of a man with a disc made by in his back who was planning to swim across the English Channel. Read the blog here (spoiler alert): He made it.

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