Ted Lynch, PhD

Scientific Director, Medical Products

Luna Innovations Inc.

lyncht@lunainnovations.com

757-250-3599

Ted Lynch has 15 years of experience in technology development and commercialization, specializing in ultrasonic tissue characterization. Prior to joining Luna, he was an assistant professor of physics at Thomas Nelson Community College and Senior Technologist with the National Technology Transfer Center's Washington Operations, where he coordinated technology assessment and commercialization services for the U.S. Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency. He is a 2001 graduate of the NDE Group in the Applied Science Department at the College of William & Mary. For his PhD research he developed technology for the ultrasonic diagnosis of early-stage periodontal disease. Ted also holds a BA in English with a minor in physics from the College of William & Mary, and an MS in applied physics from George Mason University. Ted has extensive experience as a technical writer, and from 1996 to 1998 served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea. A summary of his research activities is provided below.

Emboli detection and classification: Luna’s EDAC® Quantifier is the first FDA-cleared for device for detecting microemboli in extracorporeal blood circuits. Publications and patents related to this technology include:

§ Lynch JE, Pouch A, Sanders R, Hinders M, Rudd K, Sevick J. Gaseous microemboli sizing in extracorporeal circuits using ultrasound backscatter. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2007 Oct; 33(10):1661-75

§ Lynch JE, Riley JB. Microemboli detection on extracorporeal bypass circuits. Perfusion. 2008 Jan;23(1):23-32. Review

§ Method and apparatus for classifying gaseous and non-gaseous objects

§ Method and apparatus for calibrating an ultrasonic sensing system used to detect moving objects

Noninvasive pressure measurements: Luna’s EN-TACT® Patient Monitor, is a research prototype for estimating elevated intracranial and intramuscular pressures related to traumatic brain injuries and compartment syndromes. Publications and patents related to this technology include:

• Garabekyan T, Murphey GC, Macias BR, Lynch JE, Hargens AR. New noninvasive ultrasound technique for monitoring perfusion pressure in a porcine model of acute compartment syndrome. J Orthop Trauma. 2009 Mar;23(3):186-93; discussion 193-4
• Lynch JE, Lynch JK, Cole SL, Carter JA and Hargens AR. Noninvasive monitoring of elevated intramuscular pressure in a model compartment syndrome via quantitative fascial motion. J Orthop Res. 2009 Apr;27(4):489-94
• Lynch JE, Heyman JS and Hargens AR. Ultrasonic device for the noninvasive diagnosis of compartment syndrome. Physiol Meas. 2004 Feb;25(1):N1-9

Other research:

• High intensity focused ultrasound and ultrasonic radiation force

• Ultrasonic coagulation assessment using backscatter measurements

• Materials characterization using ultrasonic pulse phase locked loop
• Digital pulsed phase locked loop
• Method and apparatus for acoustically weighing moving loads
• Method and apparatus for determining and assessing a characteristic of a material
• Bond testing system, method, and apparatus
• Bone strength assessment

• Dental Ultrasonography
• Lynch JE and Hinders MK. Ultrasonic device for measuring periodontal attachment levels. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 73, No. 7, pp. 2686-2693, July 2002
• Lynch JE, Hinders MK and McCombs GB. Clinical comparison of an ultrasonographic periodontal probe to manual and controlled-force probing. Measurement, Vol. 39, Issue 5, June 2006, Pages 429-439