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Medical Devices Product Commercialization, Expert Consultant, Expert Witness Resume

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Principal Industries Served:
  • Medical Device
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Drug
  • Biotech
  • Cosmetics
  • Expert Testimony
  • Legal

Education:

This expert holds an MBA, received from the California State College in Fullerton, CA.

This expert holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, received from the California State Polytechnic College in Pomona, CA.


Expertise and Services:

Medical Devices Product Commercialization, Expert Consultant, Expert Witness Resume

This expert has provided product commercialization support to companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, drug, biotech and cosmetics industries.

This expert has extensive experience in new product development, primarily medical devices, with capabilities in design, development, modeling and prototyping. Additional capabilities of this consultant include testing and evaluation, and project and program management.

This consultant has provided expert testimony, with specialization in patent infringement, trademark infringement, and trade dress infringement. Additional areas in which this consultant has served as an expert witness include product liability, personal injury, malpractice, and contracts.


Professional Experience:

Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.

Providing expertise in product commercialization in the medical device, pharmaceutical, drug, biotech and cosmetics industries, design, development, modeling and prototyping, testing, evaluation, project and program management, and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

 

President, engineering consulting services firm, Fallbrook, CA

Provided product commercialization support to companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, drug, biotech and cosmetics industries. Provided expert testimony to the legal community. Areas of capability include: New Product - Primarily Medical Devices, Design, Development, Modeling, Prototyping, Evaluation, Testing, Project Management, Program Management, Expert Witness, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement, Product Liability, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Contracts

 

President, Fallbrook Engineering, Inc., Valley Center, CA

Served as president of consulting engineering services firm whose clients primarily included companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, drug, biotech and cosmetics industries. Also provided testimony as an expert witness to the legal community.

 

Director of Engineering, Hudson Oxygen Therapy Sales Co., (now Hudson RCI), Temecula, CA

Directed Product and Process Development for disposable medical devices, durable devices, and electronic instruments. Products included a broad spectrum of respiratory therapy devices including oxygen masks, cannula, humidifiers, nebulizers, oxygen monitors and ventilator circuits.

 

Manufacturing Engineering Manager, McGaw Laboratories (then a div. of American Hospital Supply Corp), Irvine, CA

Managed group responsible for projects involving: injection and blow molds, extrusion, blow and injection molding equipment, automated assembly and packaging equipment, solution mixing and sterilization equipment, plus water, steam and compressed air systems. Capital projects exceeded ten million dollars.

 

Senior Project Engineer, McGaw Laboratories, Irvine, CA

Established the new function of Tooling Engineering. Had division responsibility for all tooling and injection molding equipment used for the production of rubber, plastic, and glass components. Wrote specifications, procured equipment, and managed qualifications.

 

Department Manager and Engineer, California Injection Molding Co., Costa Mesa, CA

Was responsible for contract manufacturing of mechanical and electronic devices, mostly medical devices. Areas of responsibility included injection mold design, injection molding, second operations, assembly and testing, plus packaging.

Additional Experience:

This consultant has worked on these devices:

IV Infusion pumps, IV Infusion sets, Misc. IV Infusion devices, Oxygen masks, Oxygen cannulas, Respiratory humidifiers, Respiratory nebulizers, Ventilator filters, Ventilator circuits, Dental instruments, Surgical instruments, Dental sterilizing aids, Dental fluoride admin aids, Dentifrice to reduce plaque, Dental device for cleaning restorations, Physical therapy traction devices, Physical therapy garments, Breathing drug recovery systems, Pharmaceutical packaging systems, Mammary implant devices, Intraocular lens implanting devices, Insulin infusion systems, Catheter infusion dye devices, Blood coagulation measuring devices, Placement device for brachytherapy seeds, menstrual device to reduce toxic shock, Blood filter to reduce septic shock.

This expert has also designed and developed:

Nail polish application systems, Inertial navigation support systems, Consumer hardware, Irrigation systems, Fuel loading systems, Fluid transmission devices.

Key words and phrases related to this expert's capabilities include:

Medical Device, Disposable Device, Single Use Device, Durable Device, Medical Device Design, Medical Device Development, Medical Device Research, Medical Device Modeling, Medical Device Prototyping, Medical Device Tooling, Medical Device Evaluation, Medical Device Testing, Medical Device Commercialization, Product Design, Product Development, Product Research, Product Modeling, Product Prototyping, Product Tooling, Product Evaluation, Product Testing, Product Commercialization, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Mechanical Development, Mechanical Research, Mechanical Modeling, Mechanical Prototyping, Mechanical Tooling, Mechanical Evaluation, Mechanical Testing, Mechanical Commercialization, Project Management, Program Management, Expert Witness, Expert Testimony, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trade Dress Infringement, Product Liability, Personal Injury, Malpractice

Cases for which this consultant has offered expert testimony include:

Injured Party v. Hospital, Personal Injury - Product Liability - Manual Bag/ Mask Resuscitator - Plaintiff

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Personal Injury - Product Liability - Prosthesis Lock - Plaintiff

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Personal Injury - Malpractice - Physical Therapy Machine - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Product Development Firm, Contract Dispute - Product Development - Diagnostic Instrument - Defendant

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Trade Dress Infringement - Gel Electrophorisis Cell - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Patent Infringement - Pressure Ventilator - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Contract Dispute - Product Performance - Needleless Injection Site - Defendant

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Personal Injury - Product Liability - Frame Stander - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Contract Dispute - Contractor Quality - Surgical Scissors - Defendant

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Contract Dispute - Defendant

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Personal Injury - Product Liability - Patient Hoist - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacturer, Patent Infringement - Patent Invalidity - Needle Guard - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacture, Patent Infringement - Phacoemulsification - Plaintiff

Medical Device Manufacturer v. Medical Device Manufacture, Patent Infringement - Medication injection Port - Defendant

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer , Personal Injury- Product Liability - Jet Injector - Plaintiff

Injured Party v. Medical Device Manufacturer (on-going), Wrongful death - Product Liability - Surgical Suture - Plaintiff


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