Cardiovascular Division
Mechanical Engineer Co-op
January 2011 - August 2011St. Jude Medical
During my time at the University of Minnesota I joined the co-op program and was offered a role at St. Jude working in the Cardiovascular division. I spent 9 months on their R&D team helping design their TAVI product: a transcatheter aortic valve delivery system. It was an incredible opportunity to see how the medical device field worked, as well as gain first hand experience working on an extremely interesting product.
Responsibilities and Accomplishments
Designed and machined test equipment to analyze medical device components
Supported animal and bench studies
Independently wrote and implemented an Excel VBA program that saved hours of time formerly spent processing raw test data.
Portico TAVI Delivery System
The TAVI implant was a replacement aortic valve that was installed via percutaneous surgery via a small incision in the femoral artery in the thigh. This minimally invasive procedure was designed to save patients from having to go through open heart surgery.