Engineer Design
Resume:
PATRICK O’FALLON
Los Angeles, CA 90025
vw10s5@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary:
Utilize my experience and technical background as a design engineer to refine my medical device career by innovating solutions and seeking challenging opportunities.
Education:
B.S., Mechanical Engineering: University of Colorado, Boulder May 2005
Skills and Qualifications:
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and willing to learn.
• Comprehensive skills in mechanical engineering and biological components.
• Extensive experience with patent processing including writing disclosures and responses to patent examiners.
• Proficient at CAD design (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Rhino), CAM (VisualMill, MasterCAM), CNC Controller software (Mach3), Analytical Mechanics, Java, C and C++, C firmware, UNIX, Linux.
• Machine design, part fabrication/design and product development working in ISO 13485 environment
• Project analysis, project management, machining skills, and professional personal qualities
Patents Pending:
• Application 12/752,084 – Leaflet Alignment Fixture and Methods Therefor
• Provisional 614,736,32 – Tissue Coupon Deflection Tester
Work Experience:
Medical Entrepreneurs II – Late Stage Start-up Laguna Hills, CA
March ‘09– April ‘12 (shut down due to lack of funding) Development of Heart Valve Bioprothesis
• Engineer for Class 3 medical device, a tissue heart valve under ISO 5840 and ISO 13485.
• Conducted extensive researched on issues relating to design, prior art, and development and used this to implement a new process to chemically treat tissue.
• Oversaw engineering responsibilities for the design of tooling and mechanical/biological parts for the heart valve, including tooling to chemical fix and cut the tissue.
• Work with patent lawyers to file patents on heart valve, processes and tooling.
Shamrock Engineering - Principle
March ’10-Present Contract Engineering
• Run and own numerous machines, including a prototype injection molding machine, bench-top CNC and catheter heater boxes.
• Contracted with Corpus Medical to develop handle for a prototype steerable catheter and components for a Nitinol braiding machine.
• Designed multiple automotive components for Porsche 911 track car, Chevrolet Corvette track car, and Plymouth Duster.
• Worked with a doctor to develop a hand held anesthesiology device.
BC Tech - Contract Design Firm Santa Cruz, CA
April ’08 – December ’08 (Company went out of business) Design Engineer
• Design and development of various projects with tight deadlines, including Covidien Ultrasonic Laparoscopic Instrument, Phillips RTx Endovascular System, EDC Biosystems ATS-100.
• Organized verification/validation test plan for product development, designed versatile test equipment and test protocols
• Helped develop and implement a LabVIEW program for data acquisition and instrument control for an ultrasonic surgical scalpel simulator testing device which worked with a complex testing device.`
• Used laser doppler vibrometry to find nodes/anti-nodes for failure analysis in ultrasonic device.
• Experience with disposable and reusable medical devices and electro-mechanical biotechnology.
• Research on multiple design issues including ultrasonic material wave propagation, portable DNA diagnostics tool, endoscopic surgical tool for carpal tunnel,
• Extensive material and adhesive research focused on documentation under FDA and ISO 9001/13485 guidelines and IEC 60601.
Medical Entrepreneurs II – Early Stage Start-up Scotts Valley, CA
March ‘07 – May ’08 (company ran out of funding) Development of Heart Valve Bioprothesis
• Project/Design engineer responsibilities include making gant charts, setting deadlines, managing technicians to make parts for heart valves, work with quality to produce acceptable parts, engineered prototypes.
• Completed projects by recognizing a need for tools and machines by starting with a concept and moving to design to CAD drawings to CAM programming to CNC machining to prototype and production use.
• Designed a crimping machine that crimps cobalt-chromium stents for heart valves with crimp tubes as small as .0330” OD and .0206” ID.
• Designed a wire bending machine that bends wire into complex 3D shapes for stents. The stents had to keep a fatigue life of 600 million cycles by tests regulated by the FDA.
• Maintained and analyzed fatigue and flow testing equipment.
• Created SOPs, QAs and WIs
GE Transportation CO-OP and Intern Denver, CO
2004-2005 Intern - Locomotive Engineering Technician
• Managed 50 electricians and machinists to fix 4400/6000 hp locomotives.
• Strategic Planning: Including budgeting, forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Provided technical assistance and problem resolution services for complicated electromechanical systems.
• Engineered tools to increase productivity.
References provided upon request.
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