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Satellite and Mapping site purchased by Google in 2004. Amazing stuff!!

Fly from space to your home town. Visit exotic
locales such as Maui, Tokyo, Rome and Paris.
Satellite imagery makes it real. Explore restaurants,
hotels, parks and schools. Think magic carpet ride!
Also see many samples and discussions on the Bulletin Board at:
http://bbs.earthviewer.com/ubb/entrance

Patent and Trademark Office of the United States

For over 200 years, the basic role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution). Under this system of protection, American industry has flourished. New products have been invented, new uses for old ones discovered, and employment opportunities created for millions of Americans. The strength and vitality of the U.S. economy depends directly on effective mechanisms that protect new ideas and investments in innovation and creativity. The continued demand for patents and trademarks underscores the ingenuity of American inventors and entrepreneurs. The USPTO is at the cutting edge of the Nation?s technological progress and achievement.

The USPTO is a federal agency in the Department of Commerce. The agency is consolidating its facilities from 18 buildings spread throughout Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, to five interconnected buildings in Alexandria, Virginia. The USPTO began occupying the first two buildings in December 2003, and full occupancy is scheduled by mid-2005. The office employs over 6,500 full time staff to support its major functions--- the examination and issuance of patents and the examination and registration of trademarks. The USPTO has evolved into a unique government agency. Since 1991--under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1990--the agency has been fully fee funded. The primary services the agency provides include processing patent and trademark applications and disseminating patent and trademark information.

Through the issuance of patents, the USPTO encourages technological advancement by providing incentives to invent, invest in, and disclose new technology worldwide. Through the registration of trademarks, the agency assists businesses in protecting their investments, promoting goods and services, and safeguarding consumers against confusion and deception in the marketplace. By disseminating both patent and trademark information, the USPTO promotes an understanding of intellectual property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new technologies worldwide.

SmallTech - Focusing on MEMs and Nanotechnology

Human Anatomy Online

Innerbody.com - Human Anatomy Online, brought to you by MyHealthScore.com

MyHealthScore.com

MyHealthScore.com intends to help consumers evaluate the cost and quality of health care services. It allows consumers to find and compare dentists, physicians, outpatient facilities, hospitals or insurance companies, as well as listing competitive benchmark pricing by procedure

Education & Professional Development

Venture Capital - Selected Medical Device & Biotech VC Firms

Parnell has personal experience with these firms.

Medical Device Applications

Partner Companies & Associates

ASP55 Network Solutions

The developer of this website, as well as its management software.

Finite Element Analysis & Simulation Software (FEA, CFD)

MSC.MARC Finite Element Analysis Code

MSC.MARC "Nature is Nonlinear..."
also see http://www.mscsoftware.com
MSC.Marc Products are in use at thousands of sites around the world to analyze and optimize designs in the aerospace, automotive, biomedical, chemical, consumer, construction, electronics, energy, and manufacturing industries. MSC.Marc Products offer automated nonlinear analysis of contact problems commonly found in rubber and metal forming and many other applications. All MSC.Marc Products are developed under the guidance of the ISO 9001 based quality system.
MARC was one of the original commercial Finite Element Analysis (FEA) codes. Back in 1965 a team of researchers at Brown University initiated the development of the technology behind the MARC program, the first commercial general-purpose nonlinear finite element analysis program. MARC Analysis Research Corporation was subsequently founded in 1971, and the first version of the MARC program was introduced in 1972. In June 1999, MARC joined MSC.Software and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSC.Software (NYSE: MNS).

Noran Engineering - NEi NASTRAN

NEi NASTRAN, NEi Editor, NEi FEMAP, and associated products

Libraries from MathTools.net - Link Exchange for the Technical Computing Community

CFD Resources Online

Meshing, CFD, FEA directory resources

Prof. Daniel D. Joseph homepage at Univ.of Minnesota

The man who provides eFluids.com: Regents Professor Daniel D. Joseph

eFluids - A Free Resource For Fluid Dynamics and Flow Engineering

This is a site with incredibly rich content covering all aspects of fluid mechanics. The site is the work of Prof. Daniel D. Joseph of the Univ of Minnesota. Prof.Joseph is one of the most prolific authors in the history of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM) the leading journal in the field. This site also includes a complete, downloadable version of his book: "Interrogations of Direct Numerical Simulation of Solid-Liquid Flows"

Finite ELement Simulation & Web Portal

Virtual Manufacturing

MSC.Software White Paper on Virtual Manufacturing and how it is done effectively using nonlinear FEA

Nonlinear FEA of Elastomers

MSC.Software White Paper on nonlinear FEA of elastomers and rubbers using MSC.MARC.

When Does F not equal to K*u??

MSC.Software White Paper on the importance and necessity of nonlinear FEA for solving real world problems. Focus on MSC.MARC. Many useful examples and illustrations.

ABAQUS

ABAQUS, Inc. is the world's leading provider of software for advanced finite element analysis.

MSC.Software - CAE software vendor including MSC.NASTRAN, MSC.PATRAN, MSC.MARC, MSC.ADAMS, etc.

MSC.Software (NYSE: MNS) is the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products, including simulation software, services and systems, that helps companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1500 people in 23 countries.

LS-DYNA - Livermore Software Technology Corporation

Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC)is headquartered in Livermore, California and develops LS-DYNA and a suite of related and supporting engineering software products. LSTC was founded in 1987 by John O. Hallquist to commercialize as LS-DYNA the public domain code that originated as DYNA3D. DYNA3D was developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, by LSTC's founder, John O. Hallquist.

Automotive Crashworthiness & Occupant Safety
LS-DYNA is widely used by the automotive industry to an analyze vehicle designs. LS-DYNA accurately predicts a car's behavior in a collision and the effects of the collision upon the car's occupants. With LS-DYNA, automotive companies and their suppliers can test car designs without having having to tool or experimentally test a prototype, thus saving time and expense

Sheet Metal Forming With LS-DYNA
One of LS-DYNA's most widely used applications is sheet metal forming. LS-DYNA accurately predicts the stresses and deformations experienced by the metal, and determines if the metal will fail. LS-DYNA supports adaptive remeshing and will refine the mesh during the analysis, as necessary, to increase accuracy and save time.

LS-DYNA's potential applications are numerous and can be tailored to many fields. LS-DYNA is a general-purpose multiphysics simulation software package and is not limited to any particular type of simulation. In a given simulation any of LS-DYNA's many features can be combined to model a wide range of physical events. An example of a simulation, which involves a unique combination of features, is the NASA JPL Mars Pathfinder landing simulation which simulated the space probe's use of airbags to aid in its landing. LS-DYNA is one of the most flexible finite element analysis software packages available.

ANSYS Inc.

ANSYS designs, develops, markets and globally supports engineering simulation solutions used to predict how product designs will behave in manufacturing and real-world environments.

Partner Companies & Associates

TEN - The Enterprise Network

Entrepreneurial incubator providing leadership, advice, support, and facilities to early stage companies.

360 Strategic Partners

Consulting focused on "resources and results on demand".

360 Strategic Partners - Beta Page

360 Strategic Partners provides executive level consulting talent and "resources and results on demand". We can definitely "get it done!"

MedTech Bridge - Medical Problems, Technology Solutions

MedTech Bridge provides corporate training and services to start-up companies in the BioTech and Medical Device Fields.

M3D - Excellence in Machine and Plant Design

M3D specializes in automation machine design, and process and assembly plant layout. We've provided dozens of clients with the highest quality designs and prototypes. Our clients come from a number of industries.

Angotti Product Development - Accelerating your Development Projects

Angotti Product Development brings you the best of both worlds. We are experienced in both the product development process and the ability to understand and resolve technical issues. We identify the real problems and help product development teams to reduce or eliminate schedule creep. We get projects moving ahead, schedules back on track, and teams working together.

Berg Software Design - Storage Consulting Services

Lots of storage information and resources including the world famous Storage Cornucopia
Berg Software Design is a consulting organization offering software design and expert witness services.

ASIC Wizard Group - Turning Product Ideas into Silicon

Whether you need a turnkey design taken from product idea to silicon or just need help with part of your design flow, the ASIC Wizard Group can help.

emLinux - Embedded Linux Design Services

emLinux provides a full range of services from marketing level definition and system architecture through full turnkey development and support.

National Expert Witness Network - NEWN

National Expert Witness Network (NEWN) offers World-Class Experts® through nationally renowned academic scholars, experts, and consultants with decades of professional experience, deep technical skills and expertise in high technology disciplines.

TAB - Technical Alliance Bridge

TAB is the bridge between goals and accomplishmentsThe TAB mission is to provide co-ordinated professional services to its member's clients with the highest levels of engineering excellence and customer satisfaction.
Technical Alliance Bridge is a unique technical alliance which allows us to provide top notch engineering support in many specialties including; mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, dynamic analysis, digital hardware, analog circuits, software, electro-optics, lasers, product definition, quality and manufacturing systems.
With the broad-based resources and technical capabilities of our members, the TAB group alliances are structured to unite the capabilities required to generate world-class equipment and products at the lowest possible cost. By uniting the collective skills of the TAB members we are able to offer a cost-effective, single source resource for your needs. The Technical Alliance Bridge has years of experience of working cooperatively to help our clients achieve success by building partnerships that supplement their strengths.

Exponent Failure Analysis Associates (EXPO)

Scientific and Engineering Consulting

Kevin Kennedy and Associates (KKAI)

Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc. (KKAI) is a unique resource for world-class product and process development, management solutions, failure analysis and recovery, and life sciences consulting.

Rubin/Anders Scientific, Inc.

Rubin/Anders Scientific, Inc. is a full-service science and technology consulting company providing the insight, expertise, and creativity of the best scientific and technology minds in the world. Rubin/Anders Scientific experts are handpicked for their scientific knowledge, credentials and uncommon ability to communicate clearly.

Silicon Valley Expert Witness Group

SVEWG is a high technology consulting and litigation support firm specializing in complex technologies and intellectual property disputes.

A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates

A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates provides technical
consulting services to clients ranging from one-person start-ups to
companies in the Fortune 500. The company emphasis is on MEMs and process development consulting

MEMs Insight

MEMs Insight provides its clients with technical, business, and strategic consulting in the area of MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMs)

BEAR - Berkeley Engineering and Research Incorporated

Engineering Consulting firm

Aptech Engineering Services, Inc.

"Solving Problems for over 25 Years"

ProAnalysis

ProAnalysis does accident reconstruction and technical litigation support.

Steinke Beyer - Engineering Services

Steinke Beyer provides failure analysis of mechanical systems. Accident investigation and reconstruction. Human factors, safety design reviews and failure prevention methods.

Enduratec -

Test equipment with an emphasis on biomedical test equipment.

Anamet, Inc.

Materials Engineering and Laboratory Testing since 1958.

Amicus Engineering LLC

Expert Advocates in medical device technology and FDA preclinical submissions.

Ozen Engineering - ANSYS Sales

Ozen Engineering, Inc. provides sales, technical support, and consulting services in Northern California for ANSYS software products.
Multi-Disciplinary and multi-physics expertise and real world experience in the simulation, analysis, and optimization of following fields are provided through training and consulting services;

Ops A La Carte

Reliability Engineering Services Integrated Throughout the Product Life Cycle. Ops A La Carte is a Professional Consulting Firm focused on Reliability Engineering Services, Reliability Management, and Reliability Education to assist you in developing and executing any and all elements of Reliability throughout your Organization and your Product's Life Cycle. We bring reliability expertise and resources together in a flexible and customized manner to improve your organization's ability to produce reliable products.

Education & Professional Development

ASME Bioengineering Technology Seminar

ASME 2nd Annual
Bioengineering Technology Seminar
June 14-16, 2004
Charlotte, North Carolina
PD 460 Biomaterials
PD 462 Artificial Organs
PD 508 Sports and Sports Medicine
PD 509 Design & Rehabilitation
PD 518 Intellectual Property and Intellectual Asset Management
PD 510 FDA Inspections --CANCELED
PD 511 Cardiovascular Systems --CANCELED

BioE2E

BioE2E (Biotech Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur) is the largest and most active network of biotech entrepreneurs in the Bay Area. For over 3 years, we've addressed the "must know" issues facing today?s life science entrepreneurs. BioE2E?s mission is to coalesce an active community of life science entrepreneurs by creating a lively forum for the exchange of applicable real-world entrepreneurial experiences. BioE2E is open to everyone. While the series is designed to facilitate those actively trying to start, build and/or operate a life science-related business, anyone interested in or involved with entrepreneurial endeavors in the life science arena will benefit by attending.

CSIX Connect

CSIX Connect offers excellent general networking opportunities, high energy, job leads, frequent speakers, panels, and other useful programs. Weekly meetings Tuesdays 10:30AM in Cupertino, CA

SVASE - the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs

SVASE, the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs, is the largest and fastest growing nonprofit association in Northern California dedicated exclusively to helping early stage entrepreneurs across all technology sectors build successful companies.

Silicon Valley Executive Business Program (SVEBP)

The Silicon Valley Executive Business Program is a unique program exploring business from the perspective of the CEO and the CEO's staff. The key highlights are the on-ground courses taught by high-level working professionals and the on-line courses taught by Tom Peters, Ken Blanchard and others. Highly recommended by the PEC staff!

IEEE EMBS Monthly meeting

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Santa Clara Chapter, provides the opportunity to stay informed about developments in technology and medicine associated with all types of biomedical engineering.

Parnell profile on Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge business concepts from the Garvin School of International Management (Thunderbird Business School)

The BioDevice Group - Sunnyvale, CA Networking Group

Weekly meetings, Tuesdays 8:30AM until approximately 10:00AM Excellent networking forum with frequent speakers.

Stanford BioDesign Program within Bio-X

biodesign is a broad collaboration between faculty and students at Stanford who share a vision for technology innovation in biomedical engineering through
*Research
*Education
*Ethics & Policy
*Technology transfer
Our mission is to promote the invention and implementation of new health technologies through interdisciplinary research and education at the emerging frontiers of engineering and the biomedical sciences.
Biodesign is a thematic area within bio-x, a program supporting multidisciplinary work related to biology. Read more about bio-x.

MedTechBridge - Medical Device & BioTechnology Courses

Dr. Sudhi Gautam ...

Networking & Professional Groups

Consulting Corner Blog

Insights and Experiences on Consulting

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Parnell - Consultants Corner Blog

Insights and Experiences on Consulting for rapidly growing medical device and high technology companies.

IEEE Consultants Network of Silicon Valley

Board of Directors

Medical Device Applications

Welcome to eMicroNano A Free One-Stop Resource For Bio, Micro, and Nano Fluids and Systems eMicroNano

Welcome to eMicroNano
A Free One-Stop Resource For Bio, Micro, and Nano Fluids and Systems

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is a private, non-profit corporation established in 1981 by the state's General Assembly. The Center's mission is to provide long-term economic benefit to North Carolina through support of biotechnology research, development and commercialization statewide. The Center does not, however, perform laboratory research.

BioTech 101 from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Biotech 101 Primer - Along with the North Carolina Genomics and Bioinformatics Consortium, we have put together a science primer about genomics and bioinformatics.
http://www.ncgbc.org/

UC Berkeley Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory

DIRECTOR: TONY M. KEAVENY, Ph.D.
The Berkeley Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, was established in 1993 with three broad goals: 1) to educate students in performing independent, high-quality research in orthopaedic biomechanics; 2) to apply the principles of engineering mechanics to understand basic biological processes and mechanisms related to the structure and function of bone; and 3) to apply the principles of mechanical engineering to the design, analysis, and development of bone-prosthetic systems. Congruent with our emphasis on collaboration, our laboratory is closely associated with the medical school at UCSF (particularly the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery) with which we have a number of ongoing joint projects. This collaboration provides input from surgeons, radiologists, biologists and other bioengineers, and provides our students with first-hand experience in various clinical aspects of biomechanics.

UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

DIRECTOR: JEFFREY C. LOTZ, Ph.D.
The University of California at San Francisco Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory is directed by Jeffrey C. Lotz, Ph.D. The laboratory is located within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and devoted to conducting basic research in several areas of orthopaedics, including the biomechanics of the spine, intervertebral disc, and the hand. The research team is a diverse combination of biomechanical engineers, biologists, and orthopaedic surgeons.

Stanford Cardiovascular Fundamentals for the Medical Device Industry

This course held annualy at Stanford covers Cardiovascular Fundamentals for the Medical Device Industry. This unique course combines engineering & medical principles
to help you improve & produce new technology
in the growing medical device industry. It is directed and taught by world-class experts in the field.

Stanford BioDesign Network (BDN)

Stanford BioDesign Network resources
The purpose of BDN at Stanford is to encourage networking and facilitate invention, patenting and early-stage development of biomedical technologies.
The site includes links to a robust collection of biomedical technology resources - from medical technology manufacturers to sources for legal, funding and regulatory expertise.

SMST - The International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies

The International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) is a volunteer organization made up of industry professionals, scientists and researchers dedicated to disseminating technical education on the unique class of materials which exhibit shape memory and superelastic properties.
The Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies Society (SMST) is now an ASM International affiliate society.

NanoBioConvergence illuminating the convergence of biotech and nanotech

Recent developments in nanotechnology are transforming the fields of biosensors, medical devices, diagnostics, high-throughput screening and drug delivery – and this is only the beginning! NanoBioConvergence is a non-profit organization that showcases applications of nanotech in the Life Sciences. Monthly programs present new technologies and discuss development, investment and IP issues vital to this emerging field.

Abbott Vascular Business Units

Abbott Vascular has three Business Units: Coronary, EndoVascular, and Closure.

Abbott Vascular StarClose Device

International link

2005 Medical Device Excellence Award (MDEA) for the Abbott StarClose product. PEC was a principal consultant to IVS/Abbott on this medical device development.

Parnell Engineering & Consulting (PEC) was involved from the start in the development of this award winning device. PEC consulted with IVS from 2000 to 2003. In 2003 Abbott acquired IVS and brought StarClose into the Abbott Vascular/Perclose division in Redwood City, CA. StarClose was selected for the 2005 Medical Device Excellence Award (MDEA) for its innovative design and outstanding closure performance. The Abbott StarClose product is a device for femoral artery closure. PEC was a principal consultant to IVS/Abbott on this development. PEC services included mechanical design concepts, nitinol material issues, finite element analysis (FEA) design evaluation, failure analysis and life prediction.

Abbott StarClose vascular closure device submitted for FDA consideration

Description of Abbott (IVS) StarClose product. The StarClose Vascular Closure System delivers an extravascular nitinol clip to close 6 French puncture sites in the femoral artery via a through–the–sheath (TTS) approach, leaving nothing behind in the vessel that could cause blockages later.
TTS expedites the closure procedure by removing extra guide wire insertion and sheath exchange steps and minimizing exposure of the sterile clip to the skin, allowing interventionalists to use the very same pathway established during the catheterization procedure to deliver the flexible nitinol clip directly to the puncture site. The StarClose Vascular Closure System consists of the Clip Applier, Introducer Set and Exchange System.