| Board Member |
Work |
Area of Expertise |
| Prof Peter Brett |
Aston University |
Robotic assisted microsurgery, smart sensing in surgery and medicine, assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering, rehabilitation robotics, haptics, motion sensing and analysis |
| Dr Patrick Finlay (Vice-Chairman) |
Prosurgics Ltd |
Robotics in surgery, robotics for rehabilitation and patient management, surgical navigation, medical device regulation, Laparoscopy, Neurosurgery |
| Dr Anthony Bull (Vice Chairman) |
Imperial College London |
Orthopaedic biomechanics,
medical imaging, sport
biomechanics. |
Mr Colin Hunsley
(Immediate Past-Chairman) |
Intellectual Property Consultant |
Intellectual Property, Patents,
Licensing, Commercialisation of IP and Negotiating Agreements. Intellectual Property capture and
management. |
| Mr Robert Bigsby |
Biomet UK Ltd |
Design and development of hip joint replacements |
| Dr Iain Charlton |
Vicon Motion Systems Ltd |
Musculoskeletal modelling and simulation, particularly of the upper and lower limb, relating to implant design and performance issues. 3D human movement measurement (primarily of
humans), particularly using video based motion capture. Aspects of machine vision relating to motion capture. |
| Dr Allan Cottenden |
University College London |
Incontinence technology |
| Prof Brian Davies |
Imperial College London |
Medical robotics and CAS,
mechatronics and rehabilitation. |
| Prof Duncan Dowson |
|
Bio-tribology of human and animal systems and structures. Lubrication and wear of natural synovial joints and total joint replacements.
Tribology of prosthetic materials. |
| Dr Minoo Esat |
Furlong Research Foundation |
Orthopaedic implants, joint
replacement materials and
coatings, bone biomechanics.
|
| Dr Michael Hillman |
Bath Institute of Medical Engineering |
Involved in the mechanical design of assistive technology devices for
people with disabilities (with a particular interest in rehabilitation robotics), and design of diagnostic and imaging devices (particularly
ultrasound). |
| Prof Brian Hopkinson |
University of Nottingham |
Vascular and endovascular surgery. |
| Prof Garth Johnson |
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne |
Assistive technology and
rehabilitation engineering,
rehabilitation robotics, upper limb bio-mechanics, neurological impairment. |
| Mr Duncan Keeble |
Lombard Medical |
Endovascular implants, spinal implants, artificial ligaments, sign / development of medical devices in accordance with
EC Directives. |
| Mr Stuart Kelly |
Wideblue Ltd |
Design and development of
medical devices and drug delivery devices. Flow and structural analysis of
cardiovascular and orthopaedic implants, including computational methods. |
| Dr Ashraf Khir |
Brunel University |
Arterial and cardiac mechanics - cardiac assist devices. |
| Dr Peter Lawes |
Medical Devices Technology Consultant |
All commercial issues concerning medical devices;
pricing / reimbursement / R&D / manufacturing / employment / design, marketing and distribution / finance. Orthopaedic instrumentation,
cardio-vascular implants, urology devices, artificial limbs. |
| Dr Georges Limbert |
First Numerics Ltd |
Non-linear mechanics /
Mathematical modelling /
Numerical modelling. Mechanics of biological tissues (soft/hard tissues). Impact biomechanics.
Computer ethods/simulations
(e.g. tissue-implant
interface / arterial wall-stent
interaction). |
| Mr Jeff Lindsay |
West Midlands Regional Rehabilitation Centre |
Rehabilitation medicine –
specialist in amputee rehabilitation, diabetic foot care and management,
prosthetics, orthotics, wheelchairs, and gait analysis. |
| Dr Xianghong Ma |
Aston University |
Micro/Nano technologies,
nonlinear dynamics and control, numerical analysis and optimization methods, signal processing and information technology. Interested in the application of these advanced
technologies to medical
engineering. |
| Mr Richard Nelson |
Corin Group |
Orthopaedics (joint replacement). |
| Ms Zoe Robertson |
Barnsley NHS Foundation
Trust
|
Assistive technology, particularly electronic assistive technology.
Interest in IT for disabled users. |
| Dr Duncan Shepherd |
University of Birmingham |
Design and testing of medical devices. |
| Prof Ian Sutherland |
Brunel University |
Space instrumentation, drug delivery, drug purification, rehabilitation, bio-engineering. |
| Prof Liz Tanner |
Queen Mary University of London |
Biomaterials especially for hard tissue replacement, including bioactive composites. Biomechanics with reference to joint replacement. |
| Prof Mark Taylor |
University of Southampton |
Orthopaedic biomechanics,
computational biomechanics, probabilistic and stochastic analysis. |
| Prof Anthony Unsworth |
University of Durham |
Tribology of natural/artificial joints lubrication, friction and wear. Joint stiffness. |
| Mrs Lucy Zimmermann |
|
Project Manager and Design Engineer |