Sensor R&D Team
Artificial Pancreas Development Project

Summer Co-Op 2013

During the summer of 2013 I was invited to join the mechanical design group of Medtronic Diabetes in Northridge, California. Our team worked with the research & design of the latest glucose monitor sensors and the development of the close loop artificial pancreas. My activities within the group were broad & consisted in the collaboration of projects lead by my mentor and my teammates. Several of the projects that I undertook involved designing enclosures & out-of-body solid components for the sensor prototypes that awaited testing; performing laboratory tests on operational glucose transmitters; assisting with the drafting of QA documents in support of the FDA audit; and implementing design solutions that will enable prototype manufacturing much efficient and time-effective.   

HIghlights:

-Joined the efforts towards the research, conceptualization and design of an artificial human pancreas.

-Created new methods and designed devices for the testing of glucose monitoring sensors in prototype development stage.

-Developed QA documents based on FDA regulatory protocols & performed inspections to support current manufacturing practices