Lynn Tyler is a partner and registered patent lawyer in Barnes & Thornburg’s Intellectual Property Department. He also chair’s the firm’s Food, Drug and Device Law Practice Group. He earned a degree in philosophy from Notre Dame. And a law degree from the University of Michigan. And a masters in Biology from IUPUI.

This conversation ranges from how someone goes from philosophy to law to biology and patent law to how to get good seats at a Bruce Springsteen concert.

Finally (after the break)… how do you know if your product is a medical device?

Resources mentioned in this episode:

https://www.btlaw.com/insights/alerts/2019/fda-issues-final-guidance-on-medical-device-safety-and-performance-based-pathway

https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm

https://www.fdli.org/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Does-Discover-Secretly-Incredible/dp/1400203759

https://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Edge-Town-Bruce-Springsteen/dp/B0000025D0

Contact Lynn at lynn.tyler@btlaw.com