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Text Box: Results: "Vince designed and developed a Sample Processing Center for a clinical blood analyzer, a significant subsystem in an FDA-approved product that Johnson & Johnson released in 2005. His work was very thorough and he did early creative concept development, he developed the entire design database for production drawings and specifications, and he was involved in verification and validation efforts in support of commercialization and FDA approval. His comprehensive approach to the design challenge resulted in a Sample Processing Center that is very well received by customers, and has been in production since 2005, with no manufacturing problems. The design history file he helped create, has been audited by the FDA and they actually liked it. Vince was able to work very well with Process Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, CAD designers and Design Engineers to deliver a successful design to commercialization, within tight schedule and budget constraints. (Larry Barnes, Chief System Architect, Engineering Fellow) Text Box: Scope: Design new Sample Handler Unit for the Vitros 5,1 product line. Needed to work with existing Test Tube Carousel, hold 15 plus 1 STAT position, register Carousel accurately in 3 positions without spilling/splashing, read Barcode on Tubes and Carousel in 2 positions, spill containment/easy clean-up, stand alone, field serviceable/replaceable module, FDA requirements. Text Box: Sample Handler Module (SAHA) Text Box: J&J Blood Analyzer (Vitros 5,1) Text Box: Medical Products Text Box: Details: 2 main housing parts designed for Structural Foam, all simple open and shut tooling with no side draws etc. Carousel carriers (pucks) designed as a multi part ABS assembly ultrasonically assembled with moveable anchor/drive pin which couples to the belt lugs below the deck. Bulky under deck harnessing replaced with simple Printed Circuit Bds which held all "down pluggable" connectors and sensors. Barcode readers were mounted below deck and utilized a fold mirror for reading of tubes and tray. (Project Management, Precision machined , Sheetmetal, Printed Circuit Bds, Plastic Molded Parts, Drives, Optics) Text Box: Vincent T. LaManna’s Resume/Portfolio