May 11, 2011 – NovoSci Corporation, a provider of contract supply chain services for disposable medical devices, has named Brent Jarrell to the position of Quality Engineer. Mr. Jarrell, formerly Clinical Engineer at Houston medical device company Cyberonics, will be in charge of managing NovoSci's quality systems and technical support for its contract manufacturing, assembly and ethylene oxide sterilization operations.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kim Van Meeteren (281-210-3372)
NovoSci Names Brent Jarrell to Position of
Quality Engineer
Former Cyberonics Clinical Engineer Will Oversee
NovoSci’s Quality Systems
CONROE, TX: May 11, 2011 – NovoSci Corporation, a provider of contract supply chain services for disposable medical devices, has named Brent Jarrell to a newly created position of Quality Engineer.
Mr. Jarrell, formerly Clinical Engineer at Houston medical device company Cyberonics, will be in charge of managing NovoSci’s quality systems and technical support for its contract manufacturing, assembly and ethylene oxide sterilization operations. The newly created position of Quality Engineer is part of NovoSci’s expansion of its contract sterilization and custom assembly services for disposable medical device products.
"The expansion of our quality systems team further strengthens our ability to meet the needs of our OEM and contract supply chain service clients," noted Mike Sorna, President and Chief Executive Officer of NovoSci. "Brent Jarrell’s extensive education and comprehensive experience in medical device quality systems and technical support will enhance NovoSci’s supply chain service business and benefit our service clients."
Before joining NovoSci, Mr. Jarrell provided clinical and technical support for a therapeutic nerve stimulation medical device for Houston-based Cyberonics. His duties at Cyberonics included root cause analysis, project validations, corrective and preventative actions, and determining required regulatory reporting decisions.
Prior to Cyberonics, Mr. Jarrell held several professional part-time positions while completing his education including Biomedical Flight Controller Assistant with Wylie Laboratories, where he performed detailed review and updating of Crew Health Care System Hardware operating and maintenance procedures used on board the Space Station.
Mr. Jarrell holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University.
NovoSci manufactures, assembles, sterilizes, warehouses and distributes high quality, single-use disposable medical products used in cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. The Company operates the largest ethylene oxide sterilization plant in southeast Texas and provides contract supply chain services including OEM component manufacturing, kit assembly, ethylene oxide sterilization, climate controlled warehousing and global medical device distribution.
For more information please call 800-854-0567 or visit www.novosci.com.
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