History
Sean Farrell started his career at a small product design firm in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on everything from medical devices to consumer products. After that he worked for two large corporations, one medical, one not. He eventually made my way back to a small company in the form of a medical device startup. Through all those companies his focus was always to find the most simple solution to the problem at hand and to make it as easy as possible for the end user.
Sean founded SP Farrell Engineering in 2018 after relocating to Minneapolis Minnesota. He wanted to continue working with some of the companies that he had worked with over the course of his career, as well as branch out to work with new ones. He also wanted be able to take advantage of all the contacts and vendors he had grown to use over the course of his career in California, while developing new relationships with new vendors locally and abroad.
His philosophy toward device design is to approach the problem from multiple angles, keep it simple, and to pay attention to the design details. The best solution is frequently not the easiest or the first. Solutions to design challenges also are best when they are kept as simple as possible. Unnecessary complication is just that, unnecessary, and only adds more opportunity for failure. Medical device design is at its best when the final design is able to hold up to all users, from the most gentle to the device abusers. Device simplicity and robustness is key to a winning solution to a design challenge.
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Engineers
Principle Engineer
Sean Farrell
From working at large multinational medical device manufacturers to small startups, Sean has worked with and at all shapes and sizes of medical device companies. The majority of his experience has been with research and development of new devices, but he has also worked upgrading and supporting existing legacy products. His design work always has a focus on user centered design.
Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
BS of Mechanical Engineering with Design Minor - 2007
Experience
SpineView - Fremont, CA
Pelco - Clovis, CA
Fresenius Medical Care - Walnut Creek, CA
Compass Product Design - Pleasanton, CA
Patents
Principal Inventor:
Internal Screw Plunger Cassette - Medical Fluid Delivery System: US 9,011,114
Piston Head for Peritoneal Dialysis Cycler: US D729,938
Mechanical Coupling Pumping System - Medical Fluid Delivery System: US 9,180,240 and US 10,143,791
Thick Membrane Cassette - Medical fluid cassettes and related systems and methods: US 9,610,392
Auxiliary Inventor:
Smart Cart - Dialysis Machine Support Assemblies: US 9,186,449
Daytime Exchange Assistant - Peritoneal Dialysis Systems: US 9,579,443
Magnetic Coupling Pumping System - Medical fluid cassettes and related systems and methods: US 9,694,125