Stents, TAVR, TMVR, Medical Devices

 

Stent, TAVR, TMVR Expert

Experienced Medical Device Expert Witness and Consultant: Contact: rick@hillstead.com / 1-770-241-6100

Experienced medical device expert in the fields of:
 
- Interventional Cardiology Devices:
   -  Coronary and Peripheral Stent Design and Fabrication
   -  Percutaneous Heart  Valve  Design and Fabrication
   -  Intravascular Brachytherapy of Coronary and Peripheral Arteries
   -  Interventional and Diagnostic Catheter Design and Fabrication
   -  Catheter Sheath Introducer Design and Fabrication
   -  Laparoscopic Surgical Device Design
 
- Robotic Surgical Device Design
   -  Robotic Controlled Surgical Staplers
   -  Handheld Endoscopic Surgical Instruments
   -  Robotic Surgical End Effectors
   - Hydraulic Surgical Robotics
 
-  Intraocular Surgical Instruments
-  High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) ultrasonic surgical instruments
 
Experienced Expert Witness in Patent Infringement, PTAB Petitions, Theft of Trade Secret, Trial and Deposition Testimony, Expert Declarations, Rebuttal Declarations, EPO Opposition Hearings, USPTO Inter Partes Review (IPR), and other aspects of Medical Device Litigation. 
 
 


Richard A. Hillstead, PhD, FAHA 

Rick Hillstead has been actively involved in the design and development of medical devices for over 25 years. He has held several progressive, Product Research and Development positions with Cordis Corporation (Johnson & Johnson) from 1987 to 1993 where he pioneered device development in the Cordis Coronary Stent program as a Senior Corporate Research Engineer.  He then directed new technology development for Novoste Corporation from 1993 until 1999 primarily focusing on intravascular brachytherapy catheters and systems for the treatment of coronary restenosis following angioplasty and stenting.  In 1999 he became a founding member of The Innovation Factory, a private medical device incubator in Duluth, GA.  At The Innovation Factory he served as Chief Science Officer and was primarily responsible for all aspects of New Product R&D and technical due diligence including IP analysis and portfolio management. He developed and managed the internal program for identifying and protecting both internal and external inventions.  His primary areas of expertise are diagnostic and interventional devices for interventional cardiology, laparoscopic surgery, vascular access and intervention, orthopedics, body contouring, wound management, and ophthalmology.   

He is an accomplished engineer and inventor named on approximately eighty issued U.S. patents and pending applications as well as dozens of international patents, all in the medical device arena. His intellectual property has been referenced in over four thousand issued U.S. patents and pending patent applications.  He is frequently asked to speak on the topic of Medical Device Product Innovation and has developed corporate programs to identify and capture patentable inventions.  He has given expert testimony in the field of interventional cardiology devices in US courts and arbitrations and served as an expert witness to the High Court of Justice in the UK.  Dr. Hillstead has authored technical declarations for oppositions at the EPO and appeared before the EPO panel in The Hague. He has played a pivotal role in the development numerous, commercially successful medical devices, often from invention to commercialization. 

Dr. Hillstead holds a B.S. degree and an M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University, and a PhD. from Southwest University.  He is a Fellow in the American Heart Association (FAHA) on the Council of Clinical Cardiology; Fellow on the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism; and a current member of the Stroke Council and the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Council.  He has been a CPR instructor since 1980 and is currently BLS and ACLS certified by the American Heart Association.  He is the recipient of the 2019 Georgia Bio Industry Growth Award, the highest award bestowed in Georgia for medical device development. He holds an Extra Class Amateur Radio License (N4RAH) and is a deployable member of the Gwinnett County ARES emergency response team.  He resides in Jasper, Georgia. USA.


Experienced in providing expert consultation and testimony including sworn expert declarations, rebuttal of oposing experts, review and analysis of pretrial production documents, patent infringement analysis and expert report, patent rexam issues, and virtually all areas of trial preparation and testimony regarding patent infringement and trade secret actions in the highly complex field of medical device development. Experienced in justifying and supporting the motivation for a person of skill to combine prior art references.
Experienced and proficient in reducing the specialized and highly technical language used in the medical device field to common terms more easily understood by jurors, judges, and arbitration panels.

Inventor on the following United States Patents

1

8,647,363

Robotically controlled hydraulic end effector system

2

8,365,721

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

3

8,308,757

Hydraulically actuated robotic medical instrument

4

8,292,795

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

5

8,043,328

Medical instrument

6

7,951,060

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

7

7,922,742

Medical instrument

8

7,841,984

Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue

9

7,803,103

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

10

7,803,102

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

11

7,744,520

Method and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

12

7,563,222

Methods and apparatus for intraocular brachytherapy

13

7,503,474

Medical instrument

14

7,311,656

Automated system for the radiation treatment of a desired area within a patient

15

7,258,674

Ultrasonic treatment and imaging of adipose tissue

16

7,160,238

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

17

7,066,873

Automated system for the radiation treatment of a desired area within a patient

18

7,066,872

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

19

7,025,716

Intraluminal radiation treatment system

20

6,994,665

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

     

21

6,830,174

Medical instrument

22

6,755,338

Medical instrument

23

6,659,934

Automated system for the radiation treatment of a desired area within a patient

24

6,610,003

Intraluminal radiation treatment system

25

6,503,185

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

26

6,458,070

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

27

6,306,074

Method and apparatus for radiation treatment of a desired area of a patient

28

6,261,219

Intraluminal radiation treatment system

29

6,013,020

Intraluminal radiation treatment system

30

5,980,492

Vascular blood containment device

31

5,899,882

Catheter apparatus for radiation treatment of a desired area of a patient

32

5,820,596

Vascular blood containment device

33

5,755,702

Adjustable angular sheath introducer

34

5,683,345

Method and apparatus for treating a desired area in the vascular system of a patient

35

D374,076

Sheath introducer

36

5,509,908

Angular sheath introducer

37

5,501,671

Vascular blood containment device

38

5,476,476

Dilatation balloon assembly

39

5,423,762

Modular catheter sheath introducer

40

5,370,660

Apparatus and method for delivering a vessel plug into the body of a patient

41

5,366,472

Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve

42

5,135,536

Endovascular stent and method

43

5,116,365

Stent apparatus and method for making

44

5,116,318

Dilatation balloon within an elastic sleeve

45

5,098,440

Object retrieval method and apparatus

46

5,071,411

Pressure-actuated valve for sealing flow conduit

47

5,066,285

Catheter introducer sheath made of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene

48

5,054,821

Sterile sleeve/connector assembly

49

5,037,392

Stent-implanting balloon assembly

50

4,921,484

Mesh balloon catheter device

51

4,913,141

Apparatus and method for placement of a stent within a subject vessel

52

4,895,565

Medical instrument valve

53

4,885,003

Double mesh balloon catheter device

54

4,874,378

Catheter sheath introducer

55

4,856,516

Endovascular stent apparatus and method

56

4,821,398

Method of attaching a sterile sleeve to a connector

57

4,798,594

Medical instrument valve


  


Richard A. Hillstead, Ph.D., FAHA Cell: 770-241-6100 (Preferred)

email: rick@hillstead.com


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