Designed, prototyped, and wrote patent application for an easy-to-use respiratory suction catheter.  The catheter offers unique, end-user benefits that include ergonomic one-hand operation and built-in reuse.  It is safer to use, faster to use, and it has a specially designed cover to keep it clean.   

• Produced presentation and brochure to market the design to OEMs
• Engaged companies in the industry to offer an option to license
• Filed provisional patent application in September 2005
• Finalizing design in cooperation with Neotech Products, Inc
• Preparing for licensing negotiations to be complete in December 2005

• Presented idea to university and held periodic reviews to sheppard design to completion
• Medela, having learned of our effort, engaged our team 
• Helped Medela introduce their respiratory suction machine into the US market; my son was featured in their brochure

Developed optical signal processor consisting of a laser, optics, line scan camera, frame grabber, and Sun Enterprise 450.   Wrote software to collect, process, and display data from the camera.

• Developed proof of concept optical processor to launch new company
• Received monetary performance award from cash conscious owners