Isabelle Blanc (-Pitteloud)

Experience

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  Symetis SA

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2012

  Intern

  First hands-on experience in a biomedical company. Involved tasks in several of the company's departments including R&D, Marketing and Business, Clinical and Regulations. Responsibilities: Reviewing norms and regulations — Working with R&D team to measure product robustness — Assembling delivery product in cleanroom — Assembling product prototype.

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  MindMaze

  Jul 2014 - Sept 2014

  Internship in Marketing & Business development

  My internship focused on studying the markets of wearable devices, Telehealth and virtual reality. As well as identifying suitable venture partners for the company. Responsibilities: Market Research — Outlining competitors — Identifying potential VCs.

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  Harvard Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

  Visiting Research Scholar

  I carried out my EPFL Master Thesis at the Motion Analysis Laboratory. My thesis was based on a study involving the Organization of Muscular Activity in Children with Cerebral Palsy. I also took part in various other data collections for different studies while working with a multidisciplinary team composed of physicians, doctors and engineers.Responsibilities: EMG data analysis — Data classification — Data post-processing — Data collection with wearable sensors — Data collection with motion capture system Show less

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  Octonion SA

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2017

  Biomechanical Engineer

  As a biomechanical engineer, my esponsibilities at Octonion included data analysis of PIQ's sport sensor, creation of business and collaboration opportunities in the Lemanic region (CH), and management of ongoing projects with various partners.Responsibilities: Motion data analysis — Business opportunity evaluation — Summer intern hiring — Project supervision — Experiments with motion capture system(s) — Field experiments

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  Debiotech SA

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2021

  My work as a Human Factors Engineer aims at making our medical devices safe and easy to use. This requires close collaborations with Health Care Professionals, Patients, Debiotech's R&D teams and our partners. Our Usability Engineering Process (IEC 62366:2015) is lead to support the Product Design Process and targets CE-Marking of medical devices and/or FDA submission.Responsibilities: User Research — User Interviews — Formative Human Factors Testing — Task Analysis — User Interface Requirements — User Interface Specifications — User Interface Prototyping — UserFMEAStandards & Guidances: IEC 62366 Part I & II — IEC 60601-1 — ISO 14971 — ISO 13485 — ANSI/AAMI HE75 — FDA Guidance Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical devices Show less

  • Project Coordinator

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Human Factors Engineer

    Sept 2017 - Oct 2021
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  Lunaphore

  Nov 2021 - now

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Operations Coordinator

    Nov 2021 - Sept 2023