Andrew Douglas

For over 20 years, Andrew Douglas has been advising clients concerning intellectual property matters. Andrew works with clients to implement effective strategies to obtain patent protection for key innovations. Andrew also works proactively with clients to mitigate patent infringement risk. These efforts are foundational to preparing for and conducting intellectual property due diligence in connection with transactions, such as investments and acquisitions.

Andrew’s clients are mostly in mechanical engineering and medical fields. Andrew has served clients in ophthalmology, orthopedics, cardiovascular devices, diagnostics, and interventions, among other medical technologies. A partial list of areas of focus in Andrew’s practice includes:

• Intraocular lenses (IOLs)
• IOL injectors
• Implants to mitigate presbyopia
• Corneal inlays, treatments, and procedures
• Orthopedic implants and instruments for the extremities, including elbow, foot and ankle, and small bone implants, tools and procedures
• Shoulder implants, tools and procedures, including anatomic and reverse shoulder, patient specific tooling and implants for the shoulder
• Hip and knee implants, instruments, and methods
• Spinal implants and instruments
• Patient specific surgical planning
• Orthopedic surgical navigation
• Structural heart devices, methods, and catheters
• Guide wire and catheter based pressure sensing devices
• Coronary artery intervention instruments and diagnostics
• Coronary and peripheral stents
• Distal protection guide wires
• Ventricular assist devices and surgical instruments
• Catheter based heart pumps
• Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) devices

Andrew also has experience in mechanical devices in the following fields:

• Automotive systems
• CNG fuel and fueling systems
• Hydrogen fuel and fuel cell systems
• Battery electric vehicle systems
• MOMS, Fabry-Perot, and optical sensors

Andrew is based in Irvine, California, serving local clients and clients in other states and countries.

Andrew enjoys learning about his clients’ technologies and helping his clients deploy well thought-out and effective intellectual property strategies to protect their key technologies.