• Technical Operations
• Medical Device Packaging

Curtis Larsen is a 1967 graduate of Michigan State University with a B.S. degree in Packaging. He is a member of their Alumni Association and the Industry Advisory Committee of the MSU School of Packaging. He is also member of the Industrial Advisory Board for the University of Wisconsin Stout Packaging Program.

In addition to his Spartan Design Group experience, Mr. Larsen has worked in the medical device field for Zimmer, Medtronic, Angiomedics (Schneider / SciMed Life Systems / boston Scientific), Medical CV (Medical Incorporated), and Smith Medical (Deltec, Inc.). For nearly 10 years, Curt was the global Medical Packaging Consultant for DuPont Tyvek Medical Packaging.

Mr. Larsen is a member of the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) and has served as a co-chair of the Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee. He is a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) by the IoPP. In 2006, he was inducted into the IoPP College of Fellows and received the prestigious Member of the Year Award. He is a member of AdvaMed (He lath Industry Manufacturers Association) - Sterilization / Packaging Committee. He is currently an active member of the ASTM F04 Medical Products Committee, D10 Packaging Committee and the F02.60, Medical Packaging and is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of Committee F02.

Mr. Larsen is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) committee that developed ISO 11607, a Sterile Medical Device Packaging standard for U.S. Delegation of ISO TC (Technical Committee) 198 / WG (Working Group) 7 on Packaging for medical devices. He was co-author of the initial draft of ISO 11607 and is a member of the ISO / EN harmonization revision task group.

Mr. Larsen has numerous technical presentations on Medical Device Packaging at various technical symposiums and published numerous articles on medical packaging. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Canon Communications publication Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News. In June 2004, Mr. Larsen was selected by Canon Communications Medical Device & Diagnostics Industry magazine as one of the 100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry.