Clyde 'Kip' M. Brown, Jr.
Mr. Brown has over 35 years experience in the semiconductor and electronics industry with GTE Sylvania, Siliconix, Intersil, Sage Enterprises, Raytheon, Fairchild, Mosel-Vitelic, Micrel and The Engineering Consortium Group. Mr. Brown has also served as an independent consultant and expert witness in semiconductor technologies, with emphasis in analog mixed signal design and process engineering and has lectured and taught courses in analog and integrated circuit design at UC Berkeley and Cogswell Polytechnical College. Mr. Brown has designed and fabricated numerous mixed signal ASICs using CMOS, Bipolar, BiCMOS and DMOS technologies. He has unique experience in low voltage CMOS and Bipolar applications including medical devices and hearing aids, on-chip optical sensors and sensor interfaces and has designed and developed circuitry used in over 30% of the hearing aid market worldwide. Mr. Brown has also designed and developed a full line of high voltage mixed signal "Smart Power" products, which received the "Top 100 products" award. Mr. Brown has testified as an expert witness in numerous high technology semiconductor litigation matters involving analog mixed signal, CMOS, Video IF circuitry, CCFl inverters, Power MOS devices, microprocessors, and semiconductor device design and process engineering. He has also served as a court appointed neutral arbitrator in complex technology. Mr. Brown has 10 US patents in semiconductor technology and is a member of NSPE/CSPE, IEEE, IMAPS (Past Chapter President), American Academy of Audiology and the International Hearing Society. He has received Bachelor`s and Master`s degrees in Applied Science Electronics from Portland State University in 1967 and 1968, respectively. View Full CV

1014
Expert has over twenty-eight years of extremely broad based experience in the analysis, simulation, design, development, integration, testing and debug of multi-disciplinary electronic systems. Since 1981 as an engineering consultant, and from 1977-1981 as a founding employee of a high tech startup, he has designed and managed the development of numerous electronic systems, printed circuit board designs, software programs, firmware, control systems and other devices. He has three patents. His primary areas of focus include instrumentation and control systems, digital and analog circuit design; signal integrity simulation and modeling for high-speed digital circuits; medical product design and development; power management and distribution in electronic equipment/products; data communications products; data compression systems; multi-disciplinary system design and simulation; automatic test equipment (ATE) product development; embedded firmware; and software for a plurality of hardware platforms, in several different programming languages. He has debugged malfunctioning products and systems and reverse-engineered and tested electronic hardware and software based products for a number of clients. He has been an expert witness in ten engagements.

• Medical Electronics and Equipment
• Interdisciplinary Systems Engineering
• Electronic Product and Circuit Design, Development, Debug and Integration
• Real Time Applications Programming
• Data Compression
• Instrumentation and Control Systems
• Electronic System Power Distribution
• Printed Circuit Board Engineering
• Signal Integrity for High Speed Digital Circuits
• Electro-Magnetic Interference Control
• Speech Recognition and Synthesis
• DVD Player technology
• Hardware Simulation and Modeling

1027
This expert is a research professor and patent holder. He has a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Medical Engineering. He is an experiences expert witness.

• Medical Stents
• Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Aided Analysis and Design
• Experimental Stress Analysis
• Machine Design
• Cardiovascular Biomechanics
• Prosthesis Design

1049
This expert is an industry consulting and patent holder. He develops biotech and medical products from concept to production and provides strategic hands-on assistance to entrepreneurs.

• BioTech Instrumentation
• MEMS and Lab-on-a-Chip
• Medical Devices and Disposables
• Hemodialysis Systems
• Catheters and Anesthesia Apparatus
• System Reliability and Safety
• Setting-up Manufacturing
• Material Selection/Optimization
• Independent Consulting
• Entrepreneurial Start-ups

1108
Expert has over 25 years experience in the biomechanics and orthopedic fields, including six patents on prosthetic knee implants. His entire professional career has been spent in medical centers and research institutes, researching and refining techniques and medical devices involving orthopedic patients and their rehabilitation. He has been an expert consultant in both civil and criminal cases involving orthopedic damage.

• Knee Reconstruction
• Orthopedic Implant Design
• Sports Medicine
• Biomechanics
• Bone, Joint, and Ligament Therapies

1110
Expert is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a prominent University. He has over 40 years of combined industry, research, academic, and consulting experience. He received his doctorate degree from Columbia University. He teaches courses in the fields of control systems, kinematics, dynamics, and design of mechatronic and robotic systems and manipulators. His research focus has been on the design, dynamics and control of electro-mechanical systems and robotic manipulators. He has authored or co-authored nearly 350 scholarly and professional technical papers and patents in the area of the dynamics, control and design of high performance mechanical and robotic systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer. For the ten years before becoming an educator, he was employed in industry as an engineer responsible for the design of complex mechanical systems and devices. He also serves as an engineering consultant to various industrial companies and governmental agencies, including and has served as an advisor to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Science/Engineering, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Army. He has also served extensively as an expert in product liability and intellectual property matters over a 35-year period.

• Robotic Systems
• Design of Electromechanical Systems
• Control and Dynamics of Electromechanical Systems
• Design of Robotic Systems
• Control and Dynamics of Robotic Systems
• Design of Robots and Manipulator Systems for Field and Space Environments
• Design of Innovative Medical Devices and Systems
• Digital Mechatronics and Polymer Actuators

1118
This expert has over 30 years experience in laser physics, laser applications, and optical systems. He is well published in his field and worked within both the public and private sectors. Although he spent the majority of his career working at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, he has spent the last 10 years as a consultant and litigation support expert.

• Lasers (all types), Electro-Optical and Optical Systems
• Lasers in Wafer Processing
• Lasers for Medical Applications
• Light Scattering and Optical Inspection methods
• Optical Chip Technologies using Waveguides, Diode Lasers & Optical Fiber Technology
• Modeling & Analysis
• Software & analysis for product performance and optimization
• X-Ray Projection Lithography
• UV Lasers for Fusion
• Laser System Design & Performance Optimization
• Laser Safety

1132
This expert has 24 years experience in developing medical devices in the areas of interventional cardiology, interventional neuroradiology, oncology and urology. He is an active medical device inventor and entrepreneur with 32 U.S. patents. His patents have become the mainstay of manufacturing techniques in the industry and are successfully defended by Boston Scientific Corp. He is the co-founder of Xoft microTube, Inc., a company developing miniature x-ray tubes for breast cancer, Cobblestone Medical Technologies, a developer of surgical tools for breast surgeons and Circle Medical Devices, a medical device product development company. He is adept at patent strategy, competitive patent review and analysis, patent drafting and claims design.

• Medical Device Design
• Intellectual Property/Patent Review
• Distal Protection Devices
• Medical Temperature Sensing
• Laser System Design
• Optical System Design
• Laser Processing of Polymers
• Design of Disposable Devices for Radiation Treatment
• Micromanipulator Design
• Catheter Design
• Hydrogel Design
• Medical Balloon Design

1133
This expert has over 30 years in the design and manufacture of medical devices. He is the author or co-author on over 125 patents.

• Syringe Design
• Syringe Manufacture

1147
This expert is the president of a contract engineering and consulting business with expertise in medical devices, electronic instrumentation and components, measurement systems, radio frequency systems, audio and acoustics, signal processing, hearing, and manufacturing technology. He has over thirty years of experience in product development and manufacturing, both as an individual contributor and at Director level, with extensive expertise in the design of embedded software and circuits, as well as experience in medical product manufacturing and FDA-related matters. Seven patents to date. In addition, this expert has served as an expert in product liability, trade secret and intellectual property matters, in cases involving medical instruments, audio measurement and processing, and RF systems. He has 30 years of engineering experience and has served as an expert in patent litigation, trade secrets, acoustic analysis, failure analysis, and product liability, many cases involving medical instruments. Detailed knowledge includes circuits and system design, measurement and control, embedded software, signal processing, vital signs, infusion pumps and hearing. Experience includes trial testimony for plaintiffs and defendants in medical instrument patent cases.

• Instrumentation and Control Systems
• Analog & Digital Circuit Design
• Embedded Software & Firmware
• Hearing Sciences
• Signal Processing
• Implantable Devices
• Infusion Systems
• Medical Device Electronics
• Medical Instrumentation
• Vital Signs Measurement Systems

1272
Expert has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and has over 30 years of industry and academic experience. He is a technology leader in mechanical CAD, computer graphics and visualization, having played key roles in the development of many highly regarded technologies and products during his career. He has participated in SIGGRAPH as a committee member. He is adept at technology investigations and engineering analysis. He has broader expertise in industrial design, image processing and algebraic computing. He is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Computer Graphics, Scientific/Medical Visualization, Mechanical CAD, Industrial Design, Algebraic Computing, and Image Processing.

• Computer Graphics
• Scientific/Medical Visualization
• Mechanical CAD
• Industrial Design
• Algebraic Computing
• Image Processing

1307
Expert is a consulting engineer specializing in medical products design and development with a focus on medium and high volume disposable devices and components. Expert has designed numerous products and holds multiple patents. Expert has extensive experience in litigation support including deposition and trial testimony.

• Disposable Medical Devices and Components
• Catheter Devices
• Intravenous Delivery Systems
• Liquid Handling Systems
• Consumer Products Design, Manufacture, and Sales
• Plastic Packaging & Systems
• Endoscopic Containment Systems
• Defibrillation Electrodes for Public AED

1316
Expert has nearly 25-years of firmware and software engineering experience. For the past 17-years, she has consultant in the areas of systems design and programming in the following real-time environments.

• Communications
• Device drivers
• Medical devices
• Network protocols
• Process control
• Protocols
• Robotics
• Signal processing

1336
Expert has 30-plus year career in industry and academia includes concept and development in a variety of medical product arenas. He has prior litigation support experience including deposition testimony. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

• Carbon Monoxide Monitoring
• FDA Product Certification
• Medical Electronics
• Newborn Hearing Screening Devices
• Portable Vascular Analysis Systems
• Pulse Oximetry
• Pulse Oximetry Signal Processing
• Technology Licensing

1361
Expert has practical experience in the fields of medical devices and systems, medical systems software, digital signal processing in various applications: data communications, cell phone technology, medical and military. He holds 6 patents and published peer reviewed articles. During his twenty-six years of experience, he has been a testifying expert witness, a corporate executive, an academic in Computer Science, a software development engineer and a Bell Labs researcher. Expert has taught courses and conducted research at Stanford University and McGill University in electrical engineering and computer science. As President of a publicly traded medical device company, he oversaw the development of clinical diagnostic systems incorporating clinical information systems and bio-chip technology, portable medical devices including pulse oximetry, insulin pumps, cardiac resuscitation, drug infusion and medical software requiring extensive FDA validation. Expert developed and launched several new intravenous drug delivery products for hospital, anesthesia, ambulatory pain therapy, ambulatory home drug delivery, and international markets. As a testifying expert witness, he has argued both sides of infringement, validity and business/market analysis for non-obviousness.

• Medical Devices and Systems
• Medical Information Systems
• Medical Software & Systems
• Intravenous Drug Delivery Systems
• Infusion Pumps and Disposables
• Insulin Therapy and Devices
• Auditory and EEG Devices
• Digital Signal Processing

2018
Consultant is currently Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering He also is a faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Applied Mathematics graduate groups. His research is highly interdisciplinary and covers the areas of endovascular device design and performance, vascular drug delivery systems, arterial flow and transport, and the role of mechanical forces in regulating cellular structure and function. He has published extensively in some of the top journals in the fields of biomedical engineering and the cardiovascular sciences.

• Endovascular stent technology
• Intravascular devices
• Vascular drug delivery systems
• Biomechanical factors in cardiovascular disease
• Biomedical flow and transport
• Cellular mechanotransduction
• Vascular wound healing
• Health effects of nanoparticles

2025
Consultant is a degreed professional with 30 years of experience in the medical devices, in research, and development and in broad multi-functional roles. He is a persistent, enthusiastic, detail oriented team player and leader respected for objectivity, creativity, integrity, and energy. He has 20 years of experience developing innovative medical devices, related components and miniaturization techniques, including several technologies that were key to the emergence of a new class of medical device, the Completely in the Canal style hearing aid. Consultant has successfully received regulatory approval for dozens of regulated medical devices, has several patents, and has been honored with a Product Champion award. He is recognized by industry colleagues as a proven technologist with excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Patent/IP Research and Development
• Product Research and Development
• Medical Devices
• Regulatory Compliance
• Miniature Packaging Techniques
• Hybrids and Passive Components
• Acoustic and Hearing Devices
• Remote Control Systems
• Low-voltage Mixed Signal ICs
• Low-voltage EEPROM

2046
Consultant has over 27 years of technical, managerial and teaching experience in the medical device, computer, electronic scale and telecommunication industry. Exceptional record in the implementation of new, innovative technologies and commercially successful product development.

• GSM, CDMA, GPRS, CDPD, 1xRTT
• Highly Available and Scalable Computer Systems
• Medical Device
• Mobile Station Provisioning
• Pre- & Post Paid Billing Technology
• Software Quality Control
• System Architecture
• Telecommunication Protocols (Signaling and Voice)
• Voice Messaging
• WAP Technology
• Wireless Data Technology

2113
This expert has over 40 years of experience in engineering, management and expert witness experience includes research and development, design, and manufacturing in the medical device, packaging, toy, consumer product and aerospace industries; and is the holder of numerous patents in these areas.

• Product design, performance and labeling issues related to medical devices, hydroculators, moist heat pads, thermal cooling pads and cooling apparatus, laser and thermal hair removal devices, dermal abrasion equipment, luggage and costume jewelry
• Patient transport gurneys
• Surgical staplers
• Surgical Fluid warmers
• External and implanted drug delivery devices, test and evaluation of two models of battery powered external insulin pumps
• Valuation of lost toy prototypes
• Injury potential of chiropractic devise, dental burr and drill failures
• Defective counter stools, failure of pilates exercise devices
• Patent infringement issues relative to butane lighters, safety syringes and needles, disposable injection molded valves and medical temperature sensing devices
• Trade secrets relative to manufacturing processes
• Failure of injection molded plastic components
• Drug container packaging integrity
• Defibrillator mechanical design issues
• Surgical laser power cord design reliability
• Gel ball patent infringement
• Gel cushioning patent infringement
• Shipping carton package integrity
• Engineering contract norms

2144
This expert has been working in the area of microfluidics and micro-total-analysis systems for the past decade. His interests include lab-on-a chip devices that require a variety of microfluidic components for the completion of complex and challenging medical and biological assays. These components fall into three broad categories: sample preparation, sample separation or analysis, and detection. His work has recently involved micromachined particle separation systems and detectors, microarray manufacturing methods, and sensors related to these applications. Specifically, he is working to develop a microfluidic toolbox for the rapid design, simulation, and fabrication of devices with medical and biological applications. The ultimate goal is to develop platforms for personalized medicine, which should allow medical treatments to be customized to the needs of individual patients.

• Microfluidic Devices
• Microscale Pumps, Valves, Channels
• Microscale PCR Systems
• Protein Microarray Fabrication
• Microfabrication and MEMS
• PDMS Manufacturing Processes
• Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidics
• Glass and Silicon Micromachining

2150
This expert has twenty years experience in developing medical device solutions to medical problems. He has extensive experience as a surgeon having performed ENT, obstetric, gynecology & neurological surgeries, tubectomies, Cu T insertions, head and neck surgeries and assisted in neurosurgeries. He practiced surgery and medicine for 6 years, before getting inspired to complete his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering. His post-doctoral research is in nephrology and blood when he developed, evaluated and tested a stem cell-based artificial kidney device and worked on a de-heparinization and blood device that can be used in cardiac surgeries. This expert is well published, has solid litigation support experience, and is an invited speaker at numerous conferences.

• Medical Devices ENT, OBG, Neuro
• Biomedical Engineering
• Cochlear Implants & Wireless Devices
• Nephrology & Renal Devices
• Biomaterials & Medical Device Design
• Surgery ENT, Obstetrics, Plastic
• Blood devices and Cardiac devices
• Cardiac Devices & Artificial Organs
• Medical Software & Informatics
• Medical Membrane Device Technology
• Patent Analysis
• Disease Process & Pathophysiology
• Biomechanics & Implants
• Stem Cell Technology

2151
This expert has over 28 years experience in optics, electro-optics, and imaging systems design, analysis and testing. In the past 15 years, he has focused on camera and laser-based digital imaging systems measurement and testing. He offers extensive laboratory and instrumentation skills, supplemented by computer and mathematical skills, as well as complete optical/opto-mechanical design and packaging skills, especially as relates to complex imaging systems and optical instrumentation. He has a Ph.D. in Physics, is extensively published, has a broad consulting history, and has a patent pending.

• CCD/CMOS Sensors
• Lasers/Illumination Systems
• X-ray/visible Intensifiers
• Fiber Optics/Micro-Arrays
• Detectors/Photodiodes
• Medical Optics/Lenses
• Optical Metrology
• Microscopy
• Colorimetry
• Micro-Optics/Micro-Cameras
• Radiometry/Photometry
• Design of Tests and Experiments
• Data Analysis/Reduction Techniques
• ANSI/ISO Optical/Imaging Standards
• Optical Endoscopes
• Digital Radiography Systems
• Laser Scanning/Imaging Radar
• Laboratory Optical Instruments
• Optical Alignment/Tolerance
• Chemical Probes
• Reflectance Measurement Systems
• Digital Cameras
• Optical/Electro-Optical Design
• Image Measurement/Processing

2169
This expert has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on biomechanics and biomedical engineering and over 30 years of experience in the field. He has worked for both public and private entities during his career, and currently has his own independent consulting firm. In addition to holding numerous patents in his field, this expert has been extensively published, and is a frequent presenter and keynote speaker for conferences and seminars.

• Biomechanics
• Biomedical Applications and Devices
• Vestibular and Inner Ear Problems
• Orthopedic Biomechanics
• Orthopedic Injuries
• Biomechanical Engineering
• Adhesion Science

2181
This expert has over 20 years of experience providing a full range of consulting services in areas of mechanical engineering, equipment design, manufacturing and systems integration. He has extensive design and problem solving experience.

• Process Equipment Development
• Machine / Mechanisms Design
• Robotics and Automation
• Positioning Stages and Actuators
• CAD / Solid Modeling
• Biomedical Applications
• New Product Introduction
• Manufacturing / Test Engineering

2402
This expert has over 18 years of academic and industry experience. He has been involved in variety of product design, product improvement, and forensic engineering practice. He has a strong background in mathematical modeling of dynamic systems and design optimization. His expertise in mechanical engineering and product design covers a broad range. Research interests include: dynamics of rotating machinery, bearing design, design optimization, and kinematics of machinery. Most recently he has been involved in medical devices, more specifically design and development of catheters.

• Machine System Design
• Machine Component Design
• Design of Medical Devices (Bio-Mechanical Devices)
• Mathematical Modeling
• Forensic Engineering
• Dynamics of Rotating Machines
• Fluid-Solid Interactions