Perry Gaitten

Experience

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  Cook Medical

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  R&D Engineering Co-Op

  ▪ Collaborated with a team tasked with creating medical devices relating to reproductive health, urology, and critical care.▪ Compiled sources justifying design input requirements and drafted technical documents to be referenced in design control traceability tables.▪ Performed tensile, leak, and other forms of testing on prototype devices, then compiled and analyzed data from testing.▪ Created parts for prototype devices using silicone and urethane molding techniques.

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  Cook Medical

  Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

  R&D Engineering Co-Op

  ▪ Drafted various testing protocols, including tensile testing, gravity flow rate testing, and a formative usability study.▪ Wrote manufacturing instructions for newly updated device production method.▪ Provided edits and updates for a DFMEA.▪ Performed a gap analysis between a devices DFMEA and PHA.▪ Conducted validation testing for various devices, including usability, tensile, 3-point bend, and curl retention tests.

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  STERIS Endoscopy

  Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  ▪ Updated design for endoscopic device, improving functionality and reducing total outer diameter by 17%.▪ 3D printed design iterations and developed working prototypes for testing.▪ Designed and 3D printed injection mold to create silicone and urethane iterations of device.▪ Utilized CNC machining with Lathe, Mill, and Laser Welder to create prototypes.▪ Created a test fixture to determine force loss through an endoscopic snare to help inform design decisions. ▪ Designed fixtures to improve production processes by utilizing pneumatics and electronics.▪ Transitioned production cells from batch flow to single piece flow using Lean Manufacturing principles.▪ Programmed scales to be used in production to ensure contents of sterile packages were correct.▪ Assisted production floor with day-to-day issues.▪ Utilized principles of 5S to organize and consolidate test lab workspace.

  • R&D Engineering Co-Op

    May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Process Engineering Co-Op

    Jan 2021 - May 2021
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  Cardinal Health

  Jun 2022 - Mar 2023

  Engineer I, R&D
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  Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  Mar 2023 - now

  • Engineer III, Device Development

    May 2024 - now

  • Engineer II, Device Development

    Mar 2023 - May 2024