This ongoing relationship, which has lasted for more than four decades,

resulted in several innovative breakthroughs in the areas of vehicle delivery efficiencies, radar imaging, and advanced guidance systems. Two of the companies he founded in this arena, EDEL Engineering Development Corp. and Engineered Magnetecs, Inc. are still thriving today and continue to set the standard for their respective industries.

As the result of two important moments in his life, Josh made a shift from military technology development to advanced medical device systems design. The first occurred during a project he was conducting at Lawrence Livermore Labs. Josh became acquainted with Edward Teller, inventor of the Hydrogen Bomb and a key figure in the development of U.S. defense programs through most of the second half of the 20th century. During a discussion, Teller told Josh and some other scientists that he saw the military’s hold on its technology IP coming to an end and that they needed to look to new ways to convert their innovations to commercial applications. The second event occurred several years later when he witnessed his mother undergo a catheter stent procedure as a result of a severe heart attack she suffered. In watching the dance between the patient and the physician as he manually guided the catheter through her living body and into her beating heart, Josh knew that there had to be a more effective way to accomplish the task.

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