MedTech Sustainability by Design
MedTech Sustainability by Design is the podcast where the world's leading experts in medical device, sustainable plastics, eco-design, and regulatory compliance share their expertise. Each episode cuts through the complexity of plastic selection, regulatory changes, medical device engineering or sustainable plastics — so MedTech engineers and start-up teams can build devices that are good for the patient, good for the planet and profitable.
Your host, Lucas Pianegonda, is a globally recognized expert for plastics in medical technology. As founder of Gradical, a consultancy dedicated to making MedTech more sustainable with plastics, Lucas has guided dozens of medical device, IVD and pharma companies through some of the field's most complex material challenges. He asks the questions your R&D team would ask and gets you the answers you actually need.
Topics covered include:
• Sustainable plastics and eco-design strategies for MedTech
• Plastic selection for medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and combination products
• Biocompatibility, sterilization and the medical grade concept
• Regulatory requirements and changes across global markets
• Recycling, medical waste, and the circular economy in healthcare
Is your team struggling to make your Device or Packaging more sustainable? Schedule a call with Lucas: https://calendly.com/lucas-pianegonda-gradical/discovery-call-gradical?
Learn more about Gradical and its services at www.gradical.ch
MedTech Sustainability by Design
Remanufacturing Single-Use Medical Devices with Ulrike Marczak, CEO at Vanguard
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This episode is brought to you by Vanguard, a company specializing in remanufacturing single-use medical devices to as-good-as-new condition.
A device labeled "single-use" gets thrown away after one patient. That makes sense for a syringe. It makes a lot less sense for a cardiac catheter that costs thousands of euros.
Ulrike Marczak is the CEO of Vanguard, a company that has been remanufacturing complex single-use medical devices for 30 years. They take used devices from hospitals, fully refurbish them, put their own CE mark on them, and send them back. Safe, legal, and up to 50% cheaper for the hospital.
Here's what we get into:
- The difference between reprocessing and remanufacturing
- Why remanufacturing makes sense economically, ecologically, and operationally for certain devices
- How Vanguard tests every single device 100%
- Which devices are good candidates, and where the business case breaks down
- What OEM manufacturers should be thinking about when they design for the future
If you want to make your medical devices more sustainable, let's talk: https://calendly.com/lucas-pianegonda-gradical/discovery-call-gradical
🔗 CONNECT WITH ULRIKE MARCZAK:
Vanguard: https://www.vanguard.de/vanguard-ag/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrike-marczak-138045115/
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