David Levy (inventor)

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David Levy - inventor with over a dozen patents, he also serves as "Inventor in Residence" to the Arthur D. Little Company. He received his B.S., M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1997) in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He is a Manhattan Beach, California native.

In 1989, he started his first company TH, Inc., without venture capital to license his own patents.

[edit] Inventions

• Peelables—layered self-adhering labels that peel off to uncover new ones, licensed to 3M and BASF for video cassettes and computer diskettes.
• Fastap keypad, formerly known as OneTouch. Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's smallest keypad
• Wedgie bicycle seat lock, to prevent bicycle seats from being stolen
• Improved Vascular Splicing Method" using biocompatible O-rings to minimize blood contamination and reduce the time to seal blood vessels during surgery;
• Pass-It TV remote control, designed to be thrown around like a football (co-invented with 1997 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner Nathan Kane).

[edit] External links

• http://web.mit.edu/Invent/a-winners/a-levy.html