Dr. Aiden Flanagan

Dr Flanagan is a Research Fellow with Corporate Research in Boston Scientific Limited based in   Galway and specializes in front end product development. Aiden joined BSC in 1995 as an R&D Engineer and has worked on many projects from Stents, Balloon Catheters, Drug Eluting Stents, to Innovation processes.

He is recognized as a subject matter expert in lasers, design of experiments, IP generation and the Stanford Biodesign process. He obtained a BSc in Experimental Physics & Mathematics from National University of Ireland, Maynooth, a MSc in Optoelectronics from Queens University Belfast, and PhD in Experimental Physics from National University of Ireland, Galway. 

Aiden was a consultant for Panasonic Technologies (MIT), a manufacturing engineer for Summit Technology, and then joined Boston Scientific. He holds 43 US patents on medical devices and related technologies.