Dannah D.
Principal R&D Engineer @ Laplace Interventional
About
I love to learn, create, solve problems, and provide solutions that help people live their best lives. There are some things that I love especially and they include prototyping, design, preclinical testing, and translating customer needs into engineering requirements. I've also been involved in just about everything you can think of to bring a medical product to market. Outside of work I enjoy rock climbing, hiking, playing ukulele (thanks to quarantine), reading nerdy books, learning about the world, and spending time with my family. I love mentoring so send me a message if you're interesting in chatting. Banner photo courtesy of Josh Hild.
United States
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Medical Device
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pre-clinical Studies, SOLIDWORKS, Design for Manufacturing, ISO Standards, ASME Y14.5, Human Factors, ISO 10993, Test Methodologies, Manufacturing Processes, New Concepts, Product Testing, Feasibility Studies, Method Development, Usability, Medical Device R&D, Engineering Design, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Human Physiology
Experience
Principal R&D Engineer
Laplace Interventional
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Principal Product Development Engineer
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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
Anteris Technologies
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Early stage design and development of transcatheter aortic valve (DurAVR) and delivery system. Design for test systems (fatigue, balloon development, pulse duplicator/ durability, hydrodynamic performance). Other responsibilities: VOC/ user needs, usability, risk analysis, preclinical testing.
Biomedical Scientist
AtriCure, Inc.
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
Led several project initiatives in minimally invasive surgical ablation group. Experience includes prototyping, design, analysis (tolerance, structural, statistical data, FEA, CFD, etc.), requirements development, biocompatibility, material selection, usability and human factors testing and planning, verification and validation test planning, bench top testing, pre-clinical testing, and risk analysis (FMEA). Software: Solidworks, ANSYS, Minitab, MS Office, MS Visio, Mimics, 3-Matic Working Proficiency: MS Project
Associate Biomedical Scientist
AtriCure, Inc.
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
Tackled translation of several key customer needs into engineering requirements with dedicated test plans. Developed cryoICE (R) cryoSPHERE device for cryoanalgesia from early concept development through transition into engineering builds for design verification Tested and designed tests until the cows came home. Became a thoracic anatomy wizard.
R&D Intern
AtriCure, Inc.
Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
Assisted with the cryoICE (R) cryoFORM 510(k) submission. Completed in vivo and in vitro testing of surgical ablation devices.
Undergraduate Directed Researcher
Visible Heart Laboratory
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Activities: Designed and executed experiments on the occurrence of phrenic nerve injury resulting from ablation therapies Executed uniaxial testing on cardiac chordae tendineae Represented the lab in the "A Heart to Learn" booth at public and private events
Education
University of St. Thomas
Mechanical Engineering
Class Projects: ETLS 591 Advanced Thermal Systems - Evaluation by Numerical Analysis of a Cardiac Radiofrequency Ablation Device ETLS 777 Finite Element Analysis - Evaluation by Numerical Analysis of Access Cover Snap Durability Using Fingertip Pinch ETLS 771 Materials Engineering - Material Selection Analysis for Development of a Motorcycle Helmet ETLS 555 Advanced Product Design - RF Catheter for Cardiac Electrophysiology Product Analysis Deep Dive ETLS 506 Statistic Methods for Manufacturing Quality - Multiple Regression and ANOVA for Device Performance Variation ETLS 789 Sim. & Vis. of Dynamic Systems - Big Box Mall Housing Conversion Modeling and Simulation Architecture (Response to Fictional RFI with mathematical models and simulation, white paper, and project plan with my first real foray into Systems Engineering) ETLS 511 Circuit Analysis - Signal Filter Design ETLS 601 Project Management - Simulated Project Plan and Execution
University of Minnesota
Physiology
Inver Hills Community College
Liberal Arts
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