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1 June  2004                                                                                                      (
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B. Russell Alexander, P.E. and Kathryn E. Alexander, P.E.
Named Inventors on EMG Electrode Patent

Columbus, Ohio ---- The Design Factory, Inc. announced today that B. Russell Alexander, P.E. and Kathryn E. Alexander, P.E., Vice President have been named inventors on U.S. Patent 6,745,062 EMG Electrode Apparatus and Positioning System.

"This patent is the result of more than a year and a half of development work for our client," said Russ Alexander, President of The Design Factory, Inc.  "Kathy led our efforts to develop the device from the initial concept model to pilot production.  She utilized advanced plastics materials and manufacturing processes to develop the design into a medical disposable that could be manufactured for 1/100 of the original cost."  "A critical feature of the whole system was the custom high-cycle, zero-insertion force connector that Russ designed to connect the electrodes to the signal processing equipment," said Kathy Alexander, Vice President.

Mr. Alexander is a licensed Professional Engineer with more than twenty years of  product and equipment development experience in medical devices, electronics packaging, connectors, and fixturesHe is valued by his clients for his engineering creativity.

Mrs. Alexander is a licensed Professional Engineer with over two decades of product development experience in medical devices, robotics, dispensers and the application of advanced materials.  She has led multidisciplinary product development teams and been named on multiple patents for her clients.

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, The Design Factory, Inc. has provided creative mechanical design engineering for products and equipment since 1990.  To find out more, visit their website at www.designfactoryinc.com or email them at:

 

 

 

 

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