Lloyd Marks

I have recently relocated to Tampa, Florida, where I have become heavily involved with local entrepreneurship organizations. These include:. -The University of Tampa Lowth Entrepreneurship Center ( https://www.ut.edu/entrepreneurcenter) - I am an Entrepreneur in Residence for the program and currently advising several startups -NeuroEM - I am a medical advisor for NeuroEM which is commercializing a radio-frequency treatment for brain health. It will hopefully be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, yet to be determined by clinical trials. -The Tampa Bay WAVE accelerator program (https://www.tampabaywave.org) a local governmental organization that funds promising startups. They will be staring a Med-Tech division in 2024 and I will be assisting them in that effort. -The University of Southern Florida - ( https://www.usf.edu/research-innovation/pl/about-tto) - I am on the technology transfer committee which is evaluating intellectual property owned by the University for its clinical and commercial potential as well as developing a mentorship program to assist startup companies that are commercializing University developed inventions. -1.,000,000 Cups - (https://www.1millioncups.com/s) This is a mentorship organization for startups that meets weekly to hear the pitches of startup companies in the Tampa area and advise them.

I am an MIT trained electrical engineer, Johns Hopkins trained Pediatric Cardiologist, medical inventor with 21 medical device patents, and an MBA. I have successfully licensed 7 of my patents to industry and assigned 6 patents to my startup company (MGI Medical - www.mgimedical.com) which is commercializing one of them. I provide advice to: --Academic Institutions that are trying to asses the clinical and commercial potential of new medical technology developed at their institutions. I am particularly helpful in assessing existing patents that overlap the invention, addressing human factors issues, improving inventions, and on occasion, coming up with improvements that make an invention patentable. --Corporations regarding assessment of new medical technology with particular attention to IP matters, clinical potential commercial potential, human factors and invention improvement. --Patent law firms, particularly regarding patentability assessment and infringement issues. I am particularly well suited to this work as I speak the languages of medicine, engineering and business and have extensive experience with IP matters; I have over 20 medical device patents, many of which I have written the detailed specifications section for. Also, I was the plaintiff in a 5-year patent infringement lawsuit with an outcome in my favor. --Investors who are conducting due diligence when deciding to invest in new medical technology --Inventors of Medical Technology regarding how to protect and commercialize their inventions, I am well suited to this work as I speak the vocabularies of medicine, engineering and business.

MGI Medical is commercializing the "Pulse Flowmeter" a non-invasive device that can detect shock well before the blood pressure falls. It is potentially useful in early detection of occult blood loss in post-operative patients and patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. Clinical trials are underway.

I have been a photographer ever since I was tall enough to reach the chemical trees in my father's darkroom. I have a vast library of images, about 40,000 of which have been digitized and probably an equal number that are yet to be digitized. I've participated in many photography expositions, the most recent of which was a display at the Westfield NJ Public Library, where we were helping a local organization, the Friends of Brightwood Park, to share the beauty of this nature preserve with town residents who may have not been aware of this treasure. Over the years, I've sold a few photos but it's been no significant source of income. I'm happy to teach aspiring photographers and help out community organizations on a purely volunteer basis.

Monkey Straps uses a patented invention to connect leashes to ski poles using neodymium magnets. This makes it extremely easy to attach and detach the gloves from the poles, allows for release of the poles in a hard fall or if a pole is trapped, provides a parking space for gloves on your poles if you want to use your cell phone when riding a chair lift, allows you to securely attach your poles to the chairlift for the ride up and provides the ability to keep your pole upright while you are getting ready and if you are on icy or hard packed ground by attaching the magnet on the pole to a steel plate on your ski. Check out our website www.monkeystraps.com

Scuba-Tech, LLC is commercializing the Advanced Buoyancy Compensation Device (ABCD) which provides constant buoyancy regardless of depth once it has been set for neutral buoyancy by the diver at, say, 30 feet depth. You "set it and forget it."

I reviewed disability claims for the State of New Jersey (part-time)

Solo practice of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology

Ran a division with 5 Pediatric Cardiologists and 15 support staff

Ran a pediatric cardiology division department with 5 doctors and 20 support staff.

I was director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children where we specialized in interventional procedures for congenital heart disease.

Undergraduate degree in electrical engineering