Dr. Jon K. Moon - Chief Technology Officer
Jon has enjoyed more than 16 years of clinical and physiological research covering a wide range of areas. He is an author on more than 20 reviewed publications and has presented at numerous medical and engineering conferences. As a professional interest Jon has provided editorial support to more than 200 manuscripts.
At the University of Texas, Dr. Moon conducted an investigation of the effect of blood flow and hematocrit changes on cardiac impedance plethysmography during high-level exercise. His later doctoral studies were combined with the design and operation of the world's largest human respiration calorimeter facility, located in the Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine. Following his appointment as an Instructor at Baylor he continued operating and improving the calorimeter facility. He also designed instruments used in neonatal cardiac and energy balance studies, and a delivery device for inhaled nitric oxide therapy. His funded investigations included ambulatory energy expenditure measurement and heart rate variability.
In 1996 Dr. Moon accepted a combined National Science Foundation and Japanese Education Ministry Special Fellowship to conduct research at the Kumamoto University School of Medicine in Japan. His projects focused on extracorporeal life support and gas exchange. He simultaneously contributed engineering and study support to ongoing projects in hypothermia for cerebral protection, oxygenator performance and biophysical effects of artificial circulation.
Dr. Moon's first permanent industry position was as Technical Marketing Manager and later Product Manager for Intermedics, Inc. He next entered corporate life as Engineering Manager for Nemoto Medical USA, and was responsible for the CT contrast injector products. His accomplishments included regulatory (510(k)) approval, manufacturing validation of the product's disposable kits, creating instructions and product labeling, directing intellectual property and providing design localization for the US market. From 2001 to 2004, Jon was Principal Scientist for Acist Medical Systems (a division of Bracco Diagnostics) where he directed the Advanced Technology group and again managed intellectual property.
Dr. Moon received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, followed by Masters and Doctoral degrees from The University of Texas at Austin in Biomedical Engineering. In 2002 he passed the United States Patent Office Exam to become a registered agent. Jon was elected a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2004, served three years as Secretary of the Twin Cities Chapter of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and is 2005 Past-Chair of the IEEE Twin Cities Section.