This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in automated external defibrillator (AED) program design and compliance. He earned his BS in public affairs from the University of Oregon and his JD from the Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar and an advisory board member of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation and the National Center for Early Defibrillation. He has been the founder of several firms, including Lazar ...
This expert has over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry, with broad expertise in cardiovascular and endovascular fields with a focus on percutaneous catheters, heart assist devices, brain and aortic aneurysm treatment, and vascular closure products. He earned his MS in mechanical engineering at Moscow State Technical University and worked as the lead engineer at the Scientific Institute for Transplantology and Artificial Organs before moving to the ...
This expert in material sciences and electrochemistry received his BA in bio-engineering from the University of Pittsburgh before studying medical device fabrication science and then obtaining his PhD in physics at the University of Melbourne. He has experience with medical devices such as neural stimulators, neural recorders, and chemical sensors. This expert has two approved patents and two pending patents relating to materials used for medical devices and has ...
This Washington-based expert has over 20 years of experience in chemistry and medical device research, specializing in polymer synthesis, polymer characterization, analytical chemistry, medical device design and intellectual property management. He received his BES in chemistry and photographic sciences from St. Cloud State University before earning his PhD in polymer chemistry from the University of Southern California. He is active in his field as a member of the ...
This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience as an epidemiologist and nurse-midwife, with demonstrated experience in medical device safety including gynecologic surgical mesh, breast implants, hip replacement, cardiovascular and dermatologic devices, post-market surveillance, and pharmacoepidemiology. She received her BS in biology from the University of Illinois and a diploma in nursing from Evanston Hospital School of Nursing before earning her BS in ...
This highly qualified expert has more than 25 years of experience in FDA regulation of medical devices, encompassing nearly all FDA field positions. He earned his BA in biological sciences at California State University and completed MBA courses with Golden Gate University. This expert is certified in regulatory affairs and is an active member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, the American Society for Quality, and the FDA Alumni Association. Further, he ...
This highly qualified expert has over 15 years of experience specializing in the electro-mechanical systems in medical devices. Specifically, this expert specializes in oxygen concentrators, oxygen conserving devices, breathe detection, power circuit design, instrumentation, and sensing. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from Northwestern and his MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management and has his six sigma black belt certification. He has held several ...
This expert has over 30 years of experience in medical device development, specifically cardiovascular devices. He earned his BS in chemical engineering from Arizona State University and is a member of the International Society for Endovascular Specialists. This expert has a high level of clinical expertise for surgical, vascular and endovascular devices and procedures and is well versed in implantable device failure investigation and evaluation. He previously served as ...
This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in medical device regulations. He received his BS in chemical engineering from Lowell Technological Institute and earned his MS in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa. He currently has 5 patents. Over the years, his work has included antimicrobial development and application, hydrophilic coating development and implementation, and over-the-counter and personal care product development. His former ...
This expert has experience in Medical devices since 1992. Design experience since 1986. Areas of expertise include full life cycle product development of medical devices from conception through development including manufacturing, bench testing, verification, validation, packaging, labeling, clinical trials, regulatory approval, marketing, and sales training. Granted 28 patents (others pending), 7 awards, designs published by Life Magazine, was recognized as one of 100 ...
This highly qualified engineer earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University. He went on to earn his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has over 10 years of experience conducting failure analysis for various products including biomedical devices. He formerly served as Principal Mechanical Engineer at COR Innovations, Inc., a biomedical device start-up. In this role, he was ...
This qualified electric shock expert obtained his BS and MS in Bioengineering and Engineering Science from Stanford University and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University. He is a Certified Professional Engineer and is a member of multiple engineering and bioengineering associations. The expert has published 75+ articles on electric shock and medical devices. He is an Emeritus Professor of Biomedical Engineering at a top university in the South and remains ...
This case involves numerous plaintiffs who suffered complications related to a birth control medical device. The plaintiffs suffered perforation of the uterus and other organs, migration of the device throughout the body, as well as immune reactions to the device…
This case involves an elderly man in a long-term care facility who was injured while in his power wheelchair. He had been prescribed a power wheelchair by his primary care doctor because his mobility had become very limited. He had…
This case involves a patent infringement involving several varieties of medical devices. Senior management officials at the defendant company allegedly stole design information for a stent delivery system as well as a balloon catheter from a smaller medical device development company and attempted to secure a…
This case involves a female patient who went in for minor sternum surgery. As the surgery came to a close, there ended up being a much larger void than originally expected. A colleague of the attending surgeon recommended using neuro mesh…
This case involves a woman with pelvic organ prolapse who underwent a vaginal mesh implantation. She began to experience intense abdominal pain a few weeks after implantation, and it was discovered that the mesh dislodged from the vaginal wall where it…
This case involves a dispute against a medical device company. The plaintiff alleges that the company was engaged in unethical business practices; they were selling and marketing defective imaging devices that eventually ended up getting recalled shortly after they were…
This case involves a middle-aged female in Maryland who presented to the hospital with bleeding after defecation caused by hemorrhoids. The decision was made to perform a hemorrhoidopexy to correct her condition. Following the procedure, the woman complained of an inability…
This case involves a trademark dispute between two manufacturers of consumer medical devices in Nevada. A company that offered a competing product with similar branding sued the defendant for trademark infringement, alleging that the defendant firm did not have any right to…
This case involves a popular brand of surgical warming devices that circulate warm air through a detachable plastic blanket to regulate patients’ body temperature during surgical procedures. As a consequence of the way the device operates, air within the operating room…
