Device Design & Development
Collaborate, Design, Improve, Market
About
Praveen De Silva
Leader, Mechanical Engineer, and Entrepreneur with experience in taking products from concept to
human-use in neurovascular, cardiovascular, and peripheral vascular intervention. Experienced in leading engineering teams develop complex medical implants, catheters, and perform clinical evaluations with physicians.
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Love coffee, trying new restaurants, and traveling the world with my wife.
SERVICES
Taking Your Business to
the Next Level
Device Development
Mechanical Engineering, Catheter and Implant Design and Development, Enclosure Layout, Wearable Product Design
Process Development
Design for Manufacturing, Process Mapping, Fixture Design, Manufacturing Procedures
Product Evaluation
Gathering User Feedback, Animal Studies, Physician Training
Product Design and Growth
Why REV Medical?
With experience in neurovascular, cardiovascular, and peripheral vascular, the design engineering services provided by REV Medical Design covers a broad breath of expertise. Mechanical Engineering is at the core of every successful product design - REV Medical can take both a napkin sketch to early product feasibility testing or help improve an existing product and take it to market.
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Areas of Expertise:
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Aortic, Mitral and Tricuspid Heart Valve Repair and Replacement
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Neurovascular Implants and Catheter Development
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Surgical instrument development
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PLC based automation
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Medical equipment layout and assembly
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Consumer Product Development
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Wearable Devices
Specific Experiences:
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Catheter development from concept to first in human
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Catheter handle design and manufacturing
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Steerable catheters and guidewire development
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Molded component design
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Expert Process Development skills
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Design for Manufacturing (DFM)
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Animal studies for device evaluation (acute and chronic)
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KOL feedback (gathering physician input)
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Device preparation in OR and developing device prep procedures
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V&V protocol and execution
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Project Management
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Rapid prototyping for benchtop testing
