Biography Jeffrey F. Field
Jeffrey F. Field,
Mr. Field has more than 30 years of experience in medical product development. He is the inventor of many leading edge medical device technologies and holds numerous patents and applications ranging from interventional cardiology to drug delivery systems for diabetic home health care. Mr. Field is known as an expert in device miniaturization. He has successfully miniaturized mechanisms that pertain to the control of drug infusion equipment. Mr. Field was engaged by MiniMed to work exclusively in the development of the MiniMed 507 pump that earned the company the very prestigious American Product Excellence (APEX) Award. Mr. Field also developed systems, designed, and produced critical parts for the MiniMed III hospital infusion pump which is the standard IV pump for emergency air evacuation care due to its compact size. As an expert consultant Mr. Field has provided creative technical support for many of the industry leaders including companies such as, Bausch & Lomb, Baxter Pharmaseal, Edwards Life Science, Siemens Inc., Therasense, Inc., St. Jude Medical, Medtronic, and the IVAC Corporation. He has worked on numerous programs for MiniMed Technologies, Inc., where he was considered one of the company’s most valued contributor’s to innovation.