Warren P. Heim, P.E.
`Team Medical, LLC
`300-15th Street, Boulder, CO 80302
`(303) 546-6400
`Team@TeamMedical.us
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`Summary
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`Mr. Heim started providing consulting services in 1976 in Washington, D.C. where his clients
`included The White House, federal agencies, and private clients for whom he evaluated new
`energy technologies. He now develops and evaluates sophisticated multidisciplinary medical
`devices, activities that started over 30 years ago. Mr. Heim also uses his expertise to provide
`expert witness services for intellectual property and other litigation. Over 20 U.S. medical device
`patents list him as an inventor including the fields of electrosurgery, drug delivery, and cardiology.
`He evaluates product technologies and product concepts, invents and develops products, assesses
`their intellectual property, and brings them into production. Mr. Heim has worked with most of
`the large U.S. medical device companies as well as startups. He provides system design and
`mechanical and electronic engineering and develops controlling and sensing algorithms.
`Experience includes mechanical engineering, electronic and control engineering, software
`engineering, chemistry, thermodynamics, heat transfer, materials science, and experimental design
`and analysis. Mr. Heim has had excellent working relationships with mechanical, electronic and
`software engineers, designers, and technicians, machine shops, vendors, industrial and human
`interface designers, and independent laboratories that conduct animal studies and conduct
`histology evaluations. Mr. Heim has worked with clinical advisor physician experts for over 20
`years.
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`Professional Career
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`Team Medical, LLC 1996 - Present B Founder and CEO
`Boulder, Colorado
`Team Medical conducts research and development of advanced medical devices. Mr. Heim uses
`his mechanical, electronic, mathematical, and software skills to develop products and the
`manufacturing equipment used to make them
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`Surginetics LLC 2006 - 2007 - Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
`Boulder, Colorado
`Surginetics was created to commercialize a set of technologies developed and patented by Team
`Medical, LLC. Surginetics sold its IP portfolio to a subsidiary of a multibillion dollar company.
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`The Larren Corporation 1988 - 1996 - Founder and President
`Boulder, Colorado
`The Larren Corporation became one of the United States’ premier contract medical device product
`research and development companies. Larren provided the full range of electronic, mechanical,
`software, manufacturing, and quality assurance engineering needed to bring products from
`conception to production. Larren was successfully sold to Battelle and Mr. Heim continued
`developing medical devices with Team Medical, above.
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`Rela, Inc. 1987 - 1988 - Group Director
`Boulder, Colorado
`Mr. Heim set up and managed the medical device product development group at Rela, a
`multidisciplinary contract product development company.
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`Valleylab, Inc. (a unit of Pfizer, now Medtronic) 1982 - 1987 - Engineer & Engineering Manager
`Boulder, Colorado
`As an engineer and Engineering Manager at Valleylab, Mr. Heim worked in the Infusion Systems
`Division, which designed, manufactured, sold, and serviced precision medication delivery pumps
`and the disposables that they used. Mr. Heim managed Valleylab's largest engineering team and
`developed new products and improved the reliability and profitability of existing products.
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`Energy and Resource Consultants 1979 - 1982 - Founder and Principal
`Boulder, Colorado
`Energy and Resource Consultants provided technical and economic consulting services to private
`and public sector clients in fields including biomass fuels, small scale hydroelectric, synthetic
`fuels, renewable energy, and electricity use forecasting.
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`Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. 1976 - 1979 - Engineer & Project Director
`Arlington, Virginia
`Mr. Heim provided technical and economic consulting services to private and public sector clients
`including the Executive Office of the President of the United States with expertise on alternative
`fuels, fuels combustion, green energy, and energy demand forecasting.
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`Gulf Oil Company 1975 - 1976 - Project Engineer
`Dupont, Washington
`Mr. Heim was one of the engineers selected to lead Gulf Oil's (purchased by Chevron) move into
`alternative fuels. He improved and developed processes and equipment at a plant designed to
`convert coal into clean burning fuels.
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`Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering 1973 - 1975
`Hanover, New Hampshire
`The National Science Foundation funded Mr. Heim's graduate studies examining heat transfer and
`energy conservation in residential buildings.
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`Education
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`1975 - Master of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
`1974 - Bachelor of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering
`1973 - A.B. (Bachelor of Arts), Dartmouth College
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`Registered Professional Engineer No. 23242 (February 15, 1985), State of Colorado
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`Publications
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`Mr. Heim has produced hundreds of technical reports and design documents for medical devices.
`All of them are covered by confidentiality agreements. Many of the medical devices developed
`incorporated pressurized fluid flow and control. Following are synopses of some example projects
`and publicly available documents in the form of United States Patents for which Mr. Heim is an
`inventor.
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`United States Patents
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`Patent Title and Abstract Excerpt
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`Patent Number and
`Issue Date
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`8562603
`October 22, 2013
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`8357155
`January 22, 2013
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`8357154
`January 22, 2013
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`7935113
`May 3, 2011
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`7935112
`May 3, 2011
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`Method for conducting electrosurgery with increased crest factor
`A method for conducting electrosurgery using increased crest
`factors employs an electrosurgical instrument having at least one
`conductive element that is surrounded by an insulation layer except
`at...
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`Multielectrode electrosurgical blade
`An electrosurgical instrument blade includes a body having more
`than two electrodes with at least two electrodes having alternating
`current power supplied to them provide a bipolar alternating…
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`Multielectrode electrosurgical instrument
`An improved electrosurgical instrument includes a body having
`more than two electrodes with at least two electrodes having
`alternating current power supplied to them provide a bipolar
`alternating…
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`Electrosurgical blade
`An electrosurgical blade includes a conductive element that is
`surrounded by an insulation layer except at a conductor edge
`portion of the conductive element. The conductor edge portion
`and…
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`Electrosurgical instrument
`An electrosurgical instrument is disclosed for simplifying making
`incisions and other treatments using electrosurgery. The
`electrosurgical instrument comprises a body having at least one
`conductive…
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`7896875
`March 1, 2011
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`7867226
`January 11, 2011
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`7867225
`January 11, 2011
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`7806825
`October 5, 2010
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`7491173
`February 17, 2009
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`7377919
`May 27, 2008
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`7175621
`February 13, 2007
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`6692489
`February 17, 2004
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`6533781
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`Battery powered electrosurgical system
`An battery-powered electrosurgical instrument includes a blade
`having a conductor edge portion and insulation layer with
`geometric shapes and composition that concentrate electrosurgical
`energy and…
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`Electrosurgical needle electrode
`An electrosurgical needle includes a body having at least one
`conductive element in the form of a needle that is surrounded by an
`insulation layer except at a conductor tip portion of the…
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`Electrosurgical instrument with needle electrode
`An electrosurgical instrument includes a conductive element in the
`form of a needle that is surrounded by an insulation layer except at a
`conductor tip portion of the conductive element.
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`Diagnostic signal processing method and system
`A signal processing utility is disclosed involving time-to-frequency
`domain transforms for applications including medical diagnostic
`signal processing. Such transforms can be used to define a…
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`Method and system for obtaining dimension related information for
`a flow channel
`A method and system for determination of dimension related
`information such as volumetric flow rate(s) of a fluid flowing
`through a channel. In one implementation, the method and system
`analyzes…
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`Electrosurgical instrument
`An improved insulating layer for electrosurgical instruments and its
`use for electrosurgical instruments for reducing smoke generation
`at a surgical site is disclosed. The insulating layer may…
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`Electrosurgical mode conversion system
`A surgical system that applies electrical energy to obtain
`predetermined surgical effects while improving the control of the
`application of the energy that is supplied by electrosurgical…
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`Electrosurgical mode conversion system
`A surgical system that applies electrical energy to obtain
`predetermined surgical effects while improving the control of the
`application of the energy that is supplied by electrosurgical…
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`Electrosurgical instrument
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`March 18, 2003
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`6287305
`September 11, 2001
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`6241723
`June 5, 2001
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`6074387
`June 13, 2000
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`5897534
`April 27, 1999
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`5807341
`September 15, 1998
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`5707402
`January 13, 1998
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`5658133
`August 19, 1997
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`5630710
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`An improved electrosurgical instrument and method is disclosed
`for reducing smoke generation at a surgical site. The electrosurgical
`instrument comprises a metal body having an outer insulating…
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`Electrosurgical instrument
`An improved electrosurgical instrument and method is disclosed
`for reducing smoke generation at a surgical site. The electrosurgical
`instrument comprises a metal body having an outer insulating…
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`Electrosurgical system
`An electrosurgical system is disclosed that applies electrical energy
`to obtain a predetermined surgical effect, while also reducing
`eschar deposits on a working surface of an electrosurgical…
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`Electrosurgical system for reducing/removing eschar
`accumulations on electrosurgical instruments
`An electrosurgical system is disclosed that applies electrical energy
`to obtain a predetermined surgical effect, while also reducing
`eschar deposits on a working surface of an electrosurgical…
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`Body fluids and solids drainage system
`A medical system for facilitating the removal of body matter
`including solids, liquids and gases from a body cavity. The system
`includes mechanical energy applied to the interior surface of a…
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`Medical catheter dressing device
`A medical apparatus and method for managing one or more
`conveyance tubes used to inject or remove fluids, solids or
`semi-solids from a patient's body without the need for sutures. The
`device…
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`Directed energy surgical method and assembly
`An improved directed energy surgical method and assembly is
`disclosed. The method and assembly contemplate the application of
`a directed energy stream to tissue and the application of a liquid
`mist…
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`Pump chamber back pressure dissipation apparatus and method
`A medical infusion pump (10) for delivering liquids to a patient
`includes an elastomeric pump chamber (140) contractable between
`a refill position and a discharge position. An inlet valve (122) is…
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`Ambulatory infusion pump
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`May 20, 1997
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`5554172
`September 10, 1996
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`5551850
`September 3, 1996
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`5478211
`December 26, 1995
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`A remotely programmable infusion system for administering liquid
`to a patient includes an infusion pump unit having a pump for
`infusing liquids operated by means of a control including a
`programmed…
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`Directed energy surgical method and assembly
`An improved directed energy surgical method and assembly is
`disclosed. The method and assembly contemplate the application of
`a directed energy stream to tissue and the application of a liquid
`mist…
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`Pump chamber and valve assembly
`A medical infusion pump (10) using a pump chamber cassette (86)
`has a housing (20,22) defining a pump chamber cassette receptacle
`(84) and a pump driving mechanism (250) for propelling liquid…
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`Ambulatory infusion pump
`An ambulatory infusion pump system provides a continuous source
`of liquid medication to an ambulatory patient. The ambulatory
`infusion pump system includes a liquid medication reservoir (64)
`and a…
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