Electronic Medical Devices
An electronic medical device is an embedded system, which is a combination of software and electronics. When an electronic medical device malfunctions the results can be deadly. Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure embedded systems and our expert software engineers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers are well acquainted with the design of FDA-rated Class II and Class III electronic medical products such as:
- Electronic medical records and medical billing software
- Pacemakers and implanted defibrillators
- Automated external defibrillators (AED)
- Glucose monitors and insulin pumps
- MRI machines and PET/CT scanners
- Digital medical imaging algorithms for X-ray and ultrasound
- Hearing aids and cochlear implants
- Functional e-stimulators, including spinal cord stimulators
- Brain-computer interfaces and neurological sensing
- In-vitro diagnostic equipment for laboratory specimen testing
- Point-of-care testing (POCT) including blood gas systems
- Vital sign monitoring devices (e.g., EKG and ECG)
- Wearable computers and biomedical sensor networks
- Ventilators and life support equipment
- Bedside and ambulatory infusion pumps
- Robotic surgical systems
Barr Group's software experts are familiar with all of the operating systems used in medical devices, including real-time operating systems like VxWorks and QNX as well as Windows, and all programming languages for embedded systems such as assembly, C, C++, and Matlab. And we are just as comfortable with electronic circuits and ASICs and the Verilog and VHDL languages.
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Medical Device Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's medical device software experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Software source code review and analysis
- Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Prior art review for patent invalidity
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Forensic analysis and malfunction reconstruction
- Comparison to FDA 510(k) and medical-industry safety standards
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more code reviewers to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
Medical Devices Expert Witness List
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a major research university, this expert brings over 25 ye
Computer scientist with over two decades of experience architecting medical image computing syste
Senior systems engineer with nearly 30 years of professional experience designing and validating
Embedded systems engineer with over 25 years of experience designing embedded control software fo
Fiber laser systems engineer and business executive with three decades of experience in the desig
Computer scientist and electrical engineer with more than twenty years of hands-on experience in
Senior embedded software engineer with over 15 years of experience in device security, firmware d
Electrical engineer with over 30 years' experience in embedded firmware architecture for safety-c
Forensic engineering expert with 45 years of electronic engineering experience specializing in el
Senior industrial designer and mechanical engineer with over three decades of experience bringing