Engineer A Medical Device Safety Review Engineer
Individual
8c11e549
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/150#Engineer_A_Medical_Device_Safety_Review_Engineer
Definition
Experienced PE employed by MedTech who, at a colleague's request, evaluates an infant respirator, identifies a potentially dangerous relief valve placement defect, escalates internally to a non-engineer manager, follows up a month later upon learning no action was taken, and threatens to report to a federal regulatory agency if corrective action is not promptly taken.
Properties
Parent
MedicalDeviceSafetyReviewEngineer
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#MedicalDeviceSafetyReviewEngineer
Attributes
| license | Professional Engineer |
| specialty | General engineering (not a respirator expert) |
| employer | MedTech |
| experience_level | Experienced |
Concept Category
Role
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Relationships
| type | employer |
| target | MedTech |
| type | peer |
| target | Engineer B Peer Safety Evaluation Requesting Engineer |
| type | reports_to |
| target | MedTech Non-Engineer Manager |
Role Category
employer_relationship
Role Class
Medical Device Safety Review Engineer
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A, an experienced professional engineer, is employed by MedTech
Text References
Engineer A again urges the manager to take immediate action
Engineer A brings the issue and his proposed solution to the attention of the appropriate manager
Engineer A determines that a relief valve intended to protect against overpressure may have been incorrectly placed
Engineer A indicates that if prompt measures are not taken to correct the problem, he will be compelled to report the matter to an appropriate federal regulatory agency
Engineer A, an experienced professional engineer, is employed by MedTech
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
8c11e5498cbec2a7...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
150
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-28T14:29:19.696851+00:00
First Case
150
Generated
2026-02-28T14:29:19.696851+00:00
Attributed To
Case 150 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T14:52:22.184420
Generated By
ProEthica Case 150 Extraction