My Open Heart Surgery

That’s me in the photo on the left during open heart surgery to replace my native aortic valve.

Years ago I was diagnosed with an “organic murmur” and after following it closely with my cardiologist we decided it was a good time to have a replacement of my aortic valve.  I was able to plan for [...]

High Speed Testing of Medical Devices and Materials

An important input to FEA is material characterization and limit information.  In our laboratory we use  a Bose 3230 test system for achieving test speeds up to 200Hz.   Depending on the project, we may test complete devices, sub-components, coupon samples and/or simple material characterization samples.  Many times, we will test more than one [...]