Adam Dunki-Jacobs

Mr. Dunki-Jacobs has over 15 years of medical device experience in several phases of product development including: academic research, front-end market creation, design, manufacturing, and post market surveillance. While working for Ethicon Endo-Surgery (a Johnson & Johnson company), he managed a research collaborative with two academic institutions focused on deconstructing metabolic changes that occur following bariatric surgery and investigated novel weight loss therapies/devices. As a design engineer at Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Mr. Dunki-Jacobs helped develop four stapling products, led the open mechanical (stapling) IP portfolio strategy, attended the University of Cincinnati as a PhD candidate investigating a novel framework for optimizing stapleline performance in tissue specific applications, and advised R&D stapling project teams as a design reviewer and subject matter expert (SME) in staple formation technology. Prior to joining Standard Bariatrics, Mr. Dunki-Jacobs was the Director of Engineering at Enable Injections (a clinical stage startup company located in Cincinnati, OH) where he led the design and development of a novel drug delivery device. Since joining Standard Bariatrics in 2016, Mr. Dunki-Jacobs was responsible for leading the development of the Standard Clamp® and Titan SGS® products. Mr. Dunki-Jacobs holds more than 100 published U.S. patents and applications in medical devices; with more than 70 of those in stapling technology.