About Us

MDVentures develops professional alliances to assist businesses to expand, grow and succeed in the global marketplace. We provide technical expertise and professional local representation to assist small and medium sized medical device manufactures with timely introduction and support of their products in the marketplace. The United States represents the single largest market in the world for medical devices, representing as much as 65% of total sales for some medical device market segments.The U.S. market is highly regulated with many legal requirements for both manufacturers and their products.. A practical and effective regulatory capability is essential to successful entry into this market.

MD Ventures offers a complete set of retained and contract services to help your company comply with regulatory requirements. Our staff and associates are knowledgeable professionals with extensive hands-on experience in the medical device industry. Through our European associates we can provide our customers with entry into the European medical market as well.

VISION
MDVentures provides technical expertise to assist in the development and maintenance of company systems, regulatory requirements, quality systems, product design/improvement, sales and distribution in the United States and in Europe.

• Local USA and E.U. Representation
• Clinical Trials
• Facility Registration & Product Listing
• Quality System Audits and GAP Analysis
• MDE, Corrective Actions & Internal Audits
• FDA and MDD Compliance
• Product Submissions
• ISO 9000, EN46000 & CE registration
• Product Performance Testing
• Design and Sustaining Engineering
• Product and Process Validations
• Sales and Distribution
 
MISSION STATEMENT
MD Ventures is committed to providing professional local representation with a full line of engineering, regulatory, clinical and quality system services to assist medical device manufacturers with timely introduction and support of their products in the USA and European markets.

PERSONNEL
Tom Shanks: President and Founder
Gus Bock: Co-Founder; Regulatory, Clinical and Quality Systems

ASSOCIATES
John Karpowicz: Engineering and Operations
Robert Johnson, MD: Clinical Affairs
Michael Rinck, Ph.D.: European Regulatory and Clinical Affairs
Craig Lindholm: Marketing and Distribution
John LaMascus: Drugs, Biologics and Combination Products
  
Thomas P. Shanks
Thomas Shanks has 22 years experience in the medical device industry with Hudson RCI, a worldwide market share leader in disposable respiratory care and anesthesia products where he held management positions in Product Development and Quality Assurance. Prior to joining Hudson RCI, he was with Deutsch ECD, a privately held company producing high performance, environmentally sealed interconnection devices used in aircraft, space, and ground-based military vehicles. While there he held positions in materials and process engineering and was Product Engineer for the company's line of Electrical Magnetic Interference (EMI) Connectors.

Mr. Shanks is an executive committee member of ASTM Technical Committee F29 and the associated US Technical Advisory Group (USTag) to ISO TC121 which deals with the performance and safety requirements for anesthetic and respiratory equipment. He has extensive experience interfacing with FDA and European regulatory authorities regarding technical matters. Mr. Shanks holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, is a certified quality auditor (CQA), ISO 9000 lead auditor and is experienced in all aspects of quality systems.

Gustavus D. Bock
Mr. Bock has held vice president and director positions at Hudson RCI, Birtcher Medical Systems, InnoVision Medical, IOLAB (Johnson & Johnson) as well as senior management and technical positions at American Hospital Supply Corporation, CILCO, and Cardiovascular Devices, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from California Western University, a MBA degree from Claremont Graduate School, and an Aeronautical Engineering Certification from the U.S. Air Force Academy.

ASSOCIATE BIOS AND C.V.’s AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

 

To find out how MDVentures can provide solutions for your company
call (909) 506-2674 or email: solutions@mdventures.net