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Expert in Medical Instrumentation, Therapeutic Devices, Tissue Ablation, Taser Safety
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has developed the leading textbook in medical instrumentation (see Selected Publications) and has taught courses on the subject for 30 years. Through this activity he has acquired a broad knowledge of all types of medical devices and instruments. He does research on ablation to cure liver cancer and safety of Tasers.
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Expert is knowledgeable of all types of sensors and their signal conditioning circuits (see Selected Publications). He has directed research on sensors to measure pressure and force using piezoresistivity and optical occlusion. He has also directed research on sensors to measure oxygen concentrations using both polarography and absorption spectroscopy.
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Expert has directed research on medical electrodes for monitoring biopotentials such as the ECG, EEG, EMG, and motion artifacts from their use on the skin. He has also directed research on tack, size, location, and number of electrodes for infant apnea monitors. He has studied stimulating electrodes for defibrillation and transcutaneous cardiac pacing and undesireable heating that occurs under electrosurgical dispersive electrodes. He has testified as an expert witness on design of transcutaneous cardiac pacing electrodes and transcutaneous defibrillator electrodes.
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Expert is knowledgeable of biomedical pressure sensors and has testified as an expert witness on the design of a disposable blood pressure sensor. This sensor used a piezoresistive chip sensor and was electrically isolated using a silicone polymer overcoat. Expert has directed research on measuring tissue pressure using piezoresistive strain gauges, conductive polymers, and optical occlusion. He edited a book on miniature pressure sensors (see Selected Publications).
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Expert has an NIH grant to develop improved radio-frequency cardiac catheters for ablation and directs six graduate students on this research.
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Expert directs research to reduce electromagnetic interference from electrosurgical units from causing interference in electrocardiographic monitoring.
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Expert has served as an expert witness in cases involving Tasers, pulse oximeters, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, an infrared ear thermometer, an infant apnea monitor, disposable defibrillator electrodes, a disposable blood pressure transducer, and an adaptive cardiac pacemaker that used a piezoelectric motion sensor to adjust the rate of the pacemaker to respond to physiologic needs.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Madison, Wisconsin;
Kenosha, Wisconsin;
Racine, Wisconsin;
Rockford, Illinois;
Aurora, Illinois;
Elgin, Illinois;
Waukegan, Illinois;
Arlington Heights, Illinois;
and Schaumburg, Illinois.
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1967
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Ph.D.
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Electrical Engineering
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University of Rochester
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1965
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M.S.
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Electrical Engineering
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University of Rochester
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1953
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B.S.
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Electrical Engineering
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Cornell University
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1967 to
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(Undisclosed University)
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Department of Biomedical Engineering
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Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering
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Expert does research in tissue ablation and Taser safety. He teaches medical instrumentation and medical device design.
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1976 to 1980
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Biomedical Engineering Center
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Director
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1954 to 1963
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IBM Corp., Mitre Corp., Radiation Inc., Boeing Co., and North American Aviation
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Series of Engineering Positions
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a fellow of IEEE-EMBS.
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Professional Appointments
He is a former Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. He served on the NIH Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section from 1986 through 1990.
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Awards/Recognition
Expert is a Fellow of IEEE, ISA, AIMBE, and the Institute of Physics. He received the 2001 IEEE-EMBS Career Achievement Award and the 1996 AAMI Foundation Laufman-Greatbatch Prize.
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 185 reviewed publications and 23 books.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Expert Wiley & Sons
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- CRC Press
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- Expert Wiley and Sons
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- IOP Publishing
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- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Expert has served as an expert witness on Taser safety.
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He served as an expert witness on electrosurgery.
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Expert served as an expert witness on a pulse oximeter.
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He served as an expert witness on an external defibrillator.
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Expert has served as an expert witness on cardiac pacemakers.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has been retained, consulted, and prepared reports for several cases. He has also been deposed and testified. Additionally, he has been qualified as an expert several times. Most of the cases in which Expert has been involved have been related to patent infringement and product liability cases dealing with medical products but also Tasers.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert in pulse oximeters for consulting on accuracy analysis issues.
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Expert in apnea monitors for consulting on Smart monitor 2 failure.
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Expert for consulting on defibrillator.
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Expert in electrosurgical forceps for consulting on basic designs.
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2002 to 2002
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Austria
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Expert presented a tutorial course on medical devices and instrumentation.
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2001 to 2001
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Cuba
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He presented a tutorial course on medical devices and instrumentation.
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2004 to 2004
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Hong Kong
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Expert presented a tutorial course on medical devices and instrumentation.
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2004 to 2004
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Malaysia
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He presented a tutorial course on medical devices and instrumentation.
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1992 to 1993
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Singapore
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Expert created a laboratory course in medical instrumentation for a university.
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Training/Seminars
He has presented a tutorial course on medical devices and instrumentation.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of medical instrument sensors and medical instrument design. He has access to the following resources: a sensor directory, personal files, a personal library, and on-line technical databases.
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Other Skills and Services
Expert has directed research on the design of ECG amplifiers to minimize interference from electrosurgical units. He has redesigned systems to solve problems where interference from electrosurgical units caused malfunction of life-support equipment.
Expert has also directed research on electric impedance methods of measuring cardiac output using spot electrodes and signal averaging methods and for measuring ventilation for use in infant apnea monitors. He studied electric impedance methods to measure arterial compliance to assess atherosclerosis. He edited a book on the use of electric impedance for imaging. He does research on ablation of liver cancer, and does research on Taser safety.
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