medical device patenting

[mainsi]

just out of curiosity - what is the general background (e.g. mechanical engineer, biomedical engineer, ect) of individuals who do patent prosecution work in medical devices?

[DogDayPM 9er9er9er]

What do you have in mind when you say medical device?  Automatic defibrillators, glucometers, other automated/electronic medical equipment?  Lots of EE and some MEs there. 

How about gastric tubes, dialysis microfiltration, intraocular lenses?  (All those BabyBoomers getting their cataracts removed, you know.)  Might want an ME, ChE or polymer chemist for the first, likely a polymer chemist for the second, and chemist and/or physicist for the last.

How about surgical equipment and orthopaedic fixation devices?  MD, ME, maybe biomedical science (whatever that is?).

Sorry, I'm just shooting in the dark here.  If you have some specific companies in mind, you can check OED (link below) to see who works there in-house, and check their patents at the patent office to see what firms do their work.  If you get really lucky and the firm allows individual attorneys to list their names on the patents, their firm biographies will normally tell you some of their technical background.

https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/

[mainsi]

Sorry for the ambiguity, I guess I had more of the surgical/implantable devices in mind (heart valves, artificial joints, ect..).

[klaviernista]

The appropriate background likely depends on the nature of the subject matter at issue.  E.g., the structure of a new hip replacement implant might be handled best by an ME.  But if the application is drawn to a new alloy for making the hip replacement, someone with a solid metallurgy, chemistry, or materials science background might be more appropriate.

Similarly, the structure of a novel ablative catheter might be great for someone with a biomedical engineering background.  But if the application is drawn to the specific form of the pulses used to drive the ablation tip, an EE is probably the way to go.

[bartmans]

And for heart valves from tissue culture or other tissue implants, you will need someone skilled in biotechnology.

[tigerswood]

Medical device art units at the PTO are in the mechanical group.

[AceCream]

I absolutely agree with your statement DogDayPM . In this scenario, it requires a lot of studies and you will need to gather information and have more knowledge in the field you like in medical device. It will then somehow help you to understand more the different uses and advantages of every medical device you will encounter.
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[horsechute]

"In this scenario, it requires a lot of studies...."

I often envy the MD's. I can't think of a better way to get ideas for patents than doing actual procedures. Every once in a while I read about an MD with patents on some kind of new device like a spinal screw or stent that made them rich. At an average salary of 400k a year, they are not exactly living in an alms house as well.

[DogDayPM 9er9er9er]

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