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Barr Group's experienced medical device software expert witnesses consult with attorneys in medical product liability and intellectual property cases. Our experts in medical device technology have hands-on experience designing electronic systems and software and the credentials and composure to testify successfully before judges and juries.
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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.
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
Communication Theory and DSP Expert Profile
Neural / Spinal Cord Stimulator Expert Profile
Advanced Military Radar Systems Expert Profile
LLM Generative A.I. and Chatbot Expert Profile
Physical Layer Communications Expert Profile
Industrial Automation Robots Expert Profile
Augmented Reality Wearables Expert Profile
Wireless Power Transfer Expert Profile
Class II and III Medical Device Expert Profile
GPS-Guided UAV Flight Systems Expert Profile
Knowledge Management Systems Expert Profile
Data Science and Database Expert Profile
Mixed-Signal Electronics Expert Profile
Airbag and Vehicle Telematics Expert Profile
Image and Facial Recognition Expert Profile
Video Game & Casino Gaming Expert Profile
Battery Design & Testing Expert Profile
Experienced electrochemist, consultant, and adjunct professor of materials science and engineering. Has extensive experience in research and industry for battery electronics, including new product development, manufacturing and testing, applications engineering, as well as battery system design.
Battery Failure Electrochemistry Expert Profile
Chemist and consultant with four decades of experience in the area of electrochemical energy related devices, including batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, electrolysis and corrosion. Has significant expertise in laptop, cell phone, and e-cigarette batteries, electric vehicles, and other applications of electrochemical energy storage. Expert working knowledge of electronics and laboratory instrumentation as applied to the testing of batteries, chargers, and battery-powered devices.
Satellite & Cellular Base Station Expert Profile
Independent engineering consultant specializing in wireless cellular mobile technology and real-time embedded software development.
Haptic Input & Virtual Reality Expert Profile
Professor of engineering with decades of experience developing novel technologies and expertise in virtual reality, streaming multimedia, image processing and computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Medical Image Processing Expert Profile
Research scientist and independent consultant with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and specialized expertise in signal, image, video, and content processing and data compression.
Nanoelectronic & MEMS Sensors Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with decades of experience at the forefront of the design and fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectronic devices.
Distributed Sensor Networks Expert Profile
Professor of computer science with specialized expertise in network quality of service, routing, and visualization as well as remote sensing.
FDA Medical Software Quality Expert Profile
Former director of software engineering and independent consultant with deep experience in the medical products and telecommunications industries and FDA 510(k), ISO-13485, and IEC-62304 compliant software quality systems.
Manufacturing Automated Test Expert Profile
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) with several decades of hands-on industry experience developing products and software for industrial, consumer, enterprise, military, and medical applications.
Linux-Based Computer Systems Expert Profile
Smartphone Software & Apps Expert Profile
Computer engineer and consultant with more than two decades of industry experience developing software for embedded systems and mobile apps powered by Android, Linux, Windows, and real-time operating systems such as VxWorks.
Software Quality Assurance Expert Profile
Independent consultant and former vice president of engineering with significant experience leading development of enterprise software systems, including systems for electronic payments, information management, and e-commerce. More than two decades of work in software industries and a strong background in core natural sciences to the analysis of neural networks and other complex mission-critical information management systems.
High-Performance Computing Expert Profile
Fault Tolerant Computing Expert Profile
Electrical and computer engineering professor with decades of experience in computer architecture and design who has been recognized as one of the top innovators in the first half century of the history of computing. Has specialized technical expertise in bio-robotics, medical devices, actuators, mechatronics, fault tolerant computing, processor cache and memory design, high speed networks, storage subsystems, and system performance evaluation.
Medical Device Software Safety Expert Profile
Consultant certified in regulatory requirements for medical with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of medical device firmware and software design. Specialist in safety-critical product development who has developed software as well as technical and regulatory documentation for a range of medical products under all FDA levels of concern and IEC 62304 classes. Has participated in several software submissions and inspections before the FDA and EU notified bodies. Also an inventor of technologies in the field of electronic program guides for TV set-top boxes.
Smart Grid Electrical Power Expert Profile
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with significant industry experience in telecom, aerospace/defense, security, and healthcare application domains. Director of a university program that supports NASA’s Johnson Space Center and co-director of a connected infrastructure program that prototypes smart grid, smart energy, smart transportation, and other smart city projects. Research relates to those and other topics that touch on embedded computing systems and communication and networking protocols.
Biotech & Pharma Database Expert Profile
Experienced computer engineer and corporate information technology leader with a successful track record in the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, and other industries. Specialized expertise in software development and testing in a variety of languages and with a range of database platforms and languages. Experienced trainer and engaging communicator.
Cybersecurity & Cyber-Warfare Expert Profile
Ultrasound Medical Imaging Expert Profile
Former assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and Oxford-educated materials scientist whose areas of specialized technical expertise include design of semiconductors and other electronics and sensors and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) as well as signal and image processing. Industry experience includes working for and consulting with multinationals such as General Electric, Medtronic, Fujifilm, Samsung, and Siemens on projects relating to medical devices, consumer electronics, biometric security, clean-tech, and electrical power delivery.
Video Game Computer Graphics Expert Profile
Electronics Source Code Review Expert Profile
System & Software Testing Expert Profile
Microprocessor Design Expert Profile
Battery & Power Electronics Expert Profile
Electrical engineer and expert in battery and power electronics technology with special technical expertise in motor drives and inverters.
Medical Device Design Expert Profile
Engineer with over thirty-five years of experience designing electronics and software for consumer electronics products and safety-critical medical devices.
User Interface Design Expert Profile
Accomplished software and systems engineer with specialized expertise in user interface design and human factors issues for embedded, mobile, web, desktop, and server software.
Embedded Software Design Expert Profile
Former adjunct professor of computer engineering with more than twenty-five years of experience in the software industry, including over a decade spent developing software for embedded systems.
Military Systems Design Expert Profile
Embedded systems industry veteran who built or managed the development of more than one hundred computer products.
Secure Computer Systems Expert Profile
Electrical engineer with extensive electronics and software product development experience across a broad range of industries and platform architectures.
Cellular Communications Expert Profile
Independent engineering consultant in the design of both electronics and software with a formal education in electrical and mechanical engineering.
Former adjunct professor of computer engineering with more than twenty-five years of experience in the software industry, including over a decade spent developing software for embedded systems.
Independent engineering consultant specializing in wireless cellular mobile technology and real-time embedded software development.
Professor of computer science with specialized expertise in network quality of service, routing, and visualization as well as remote sensing.
Electrical and computer engineering professor with decades of experience in computer architecture
Former director of software engineering and independent consultant with deep experience in the medical products and telecommunications industries and FDA 510(k), ISO-13485, and IEC-62304 compliant software quality systems.
Consultant certified in regulatory requirements for medical with more than twenty-five years of e
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