Laughlin Engineering Firm, LLC, is dedicated to providing ethical and quality biomedical and forensic engineering services to our clients. Our president and principal engineer, John Laughlin, specializes in accident reconstruction, neuroelectrical and biomechanical engineering. He has been practicing in these fields since 1995 and is a licensed professional engineer.

For our medical device clients, we provide device development and clinical trial support. Early stage medical device companies benefit when they are represented by an experienced biomedical/clinical engineer in the O.R. or in the laboratory. We will help you choose the right path for your device design, select the most qualified physicians and build a team of talented clinical engineers for your pivotal study or market launch. In addition, we can help develop implant techniques, implant tools, study protocols and surgeon/sales team training aids. Please click on the Medical Device link on the left for more information.

Our forensic services are provided by Mr. Laughlin and our team of qualified consultants and technicians. Mr. Laughlin has been qualified as an expert in eight states and has testified in deposition and trial on 68 occasions. He has reconstructed accidents involving motor vehicles, amusement park rides, buses, trains, industrial equipment and child play/restraint systems. His background in biomechanical engineering provides the expertise necessary to determine injury potential/causation in these types of cases and to determine the events that lead to injury or death. Mr. Laughlin can also assess the usability of hospital equipment following fire and flood incidents. For more information, please click the Forensic link on the left.

Mr. Laughlin has spent numerous hours in the court room and the operating room. His education and training in biomedical engineering makes him a talented liaison between R&D and clinicians or patients. He has the skills to relate complex technical assessments to attorneys and juries. When your success requires talent that can bridge the divide between engineering and the rest of the world, we are at your service.