Former Lutonix R&D Exec Pleads Guilty to Stealing Trade Secrets

Former Minnesota medical device company executive Christopher M. Barry pleaded guilty to a felony Tuesday for stealing confidential product plans and bringing them to his next employer, which was designing a similar device.

The one-count plea agreement says Barry, 46, of Medina copied six secret design files from his former employer Lutonix Inc. on April 15, 2015, and then turned in his resignation at the New Hope-based med-tech firm the next day. Barry went on to become CEO of a start-up called Urotronic, where he transferred the files onto his new work computer and shared other Lutonix trade secrets, according to court records.

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