Gradical Podcast - The Podcast about Plastics in Medical Technology
Gradical is the plastics expert for medical technology. We help medical technology companies to select the right plastic for their application. This takes into account technical suitability, regulatory requirements and sustainability aspects. The Gradical podcast covers all topics relating to plastics in medical technology. Sustainability, sterilization, the medical grade concept, biocompatibility and many other topics await you in this podcast. The host Lucas Pianegonda is a plastics expert for medical technology and asks the guest experts the right questions.
For more information on gradical and it's services visit www.gradical.ch
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Episodes
28 episodes
Is Sustainability Actually Strategic? with Casper Venbjerg Hansen
Many companies say sustainability matters, but only a few treat it as part of their strategy. One of them is Ambu, a global MedTech company and the market leader in single-use endoscopy. In this episode, Casper Venbjerg Hansen, Senior...
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43:30
Understanding LCAs: The Hidden Factors That Shape Environmental Impact with Thomas Kägi
Many organizations rely on LCAs (Life Cycle Assessments) to guide sustainability decisions, but the method is only as reliable as the data and assumptions used to build it. In this episode, Thomas Kägi, Member of the Board at Carbotech AG
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Why Hospitals Say No: The Harsh Truth About MedTech Commercialization with Jim Surek
Hospitals review new devices through a process that is far more complex than most teams expect. In this episode, commercialization specialist Jim Surek explains how he evaluates medical technologies and the three-part funnel he uses to p...
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What If Engineers Could Innovate Instead of Wasting Time on Documentation with Karl J. Larsson (Aligned)
Every MedTech company wants to innovate faster, but most are slowed down by one thing they barely realize is consuming half their development time: technical documentation.In this episode, Karl J. Larsson, co-founder of ...
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44:44
Is the Packaging of Implants the Next Big Sustainability Challenge in MedTech? with Marcel Kunz (Straumann Group)
Marcel Kunz, Head of Packaging at Straumann Group, has spent his career making dental implant packaging safe, sterile, and sustainable.In this episode, he joins Lucas Pianegonda to share Straumann’s six “Golden Rules” fo...
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41:51
Building the First Bio-Based Breathing Circuit with Thomas Willemsen (GaleMed Group)
When Thomas Willemsen became CEO of GaleMed Group, he saw an opportunity to redefine medical consumables for a sustainable future. In partnership with Gradical, his team created the BioVent-Circuit — the world’s first anesthesi...
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43:28
Redesigning a Single-Use Medical Device to SLASH Waste and Cost (Case Study) with Pablo Yániz González
Industrial design engineer Pablo Yániz González set out to make a single-use inflator more sustainable and ended up designing a hybrid device that can be reused up to 1,000 times.In this episode, Pablo joins Lucas Pianegonda
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39:55
How “Hybrid-Use” Medical Devices Can Cut Waste AND Save Hospitals Millions with Dr. Axel Boese
Dr. Axel Boese has spent years studying how hospitals can innovate sustainably — and one of his biggest insights challenges the status quo of “single-use.”In most hospitals, medical tools are used once and then thrown away. For so...
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Episode 22
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47:38
Arne Jaksch - Toxicological Risk Assessment
Arne Jaksch is an expert in toxicology and managing director of his own company Jaksch Life Science Consulting. He supports medical technology, pharmaceutical and chemical companies in the biological and toxicological evaluation of their produc...
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Season 20
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Episode 1
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41:17
Maximilian Hofmann - Challenges in MedTech Sustainability
Maximilian Hofmann is Sustainability Manager at Raumedic a leading component supplier, CDMO and medical device manufacturer for some of its products. In the 4 years at Raumedic he established sustainability management systems, ISCC-PLUS certifi...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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44:50
Isobel Filipova - Holistic MedTech Design
Isobel Filipova is an expert in sustainable design in medical technology and the founder of her own consultancy, where she helps medtech companies redesign medical device for sustainability. With a background in industrial design and medical de...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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51:06
Damian Carr - Catheter Technology
Damian Carr is a distinguished expert in catheter innovation and globally recognized for his pioneering contributions to minimally invasive medical technologies. He is the author of “The Catheter R&D Handbook and founder of Eyedea Medtech E...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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43:55
Monika Kriete - Medical TPUs
Monika Kriete is an expert for medical TPU and Technical Marketing Manager at Lubrizol Medical Solutions. She studied material science at the university of Berlin and then moved into the polymer industry working for Covestro before moving to Lu...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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43:10
Jim Giger - Product Development in MedTech
Jim Giger is an experienced leader in Innovation and product development. In his stellar career he managed development and innovation teams across multiple industries including medical device. Currently he is R&D Director at Hamilton Medica...
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47:19
Beat Keller - Safety of Electrical Medical Devices
Beat Keller is a regulatory expert and electrical engineer with deep knowledge in electric and electronic devices. He has over 15 years of experience in the medical device field and has been working in several standardization working groups fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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44:32
Daniel Delfosse - Regulatory Developments
Daniel Delfosse is an expert for Regulations and Innovation. He spent his career in R&D positions at Mathys Ltd Bettlach before joining Swiss MedTech 5 years ago where he now is Vice Director and Head of Regulation and Innovation. He summar...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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45:11
Dr. Chris DeArmitt - Plastic Myths
Dr. Chris DeArmitt is a world-class Plastic consultant and independent environmental expert. Chris had a stellar career in the plastics industry at firms such as BASF before starting his own consultancy Ph...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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45:48
Dr. Jenci Kurja - Sustainable Growth
Jenci Kurja is an expert for sustainable growth and plastics. He hold s PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology in Polymer Science and had a stellar career in the plastic industry for the last 25 years. First at Milliken & Company and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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49:28
Monir El Azzouzzi - Clinical Evaluation
Monir El Azzouzzi is the founder and CEO of Easy medical device, a swiss based regulatory affairs consulting firm. Monir hosts his own podcast – the easy medical device podcast – where I have had the honor of being a guest on
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:05
Julian Lotz - Biobased Medical Grades
Julian Lotz is cofounder and CEO of BIOVOX a german start-up focused on making medical grade plastics more sustainable. He is an expert for sustainable medical grades and especially for biobased grades. In our discussion Julian elaborates on en...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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47:33
Mihajlo Milenkovic & Giuseppe Fiandaca - Medical Grade Plastic Market Report
This special episode we will have two guests Mihajlo Milenkovic and Giuseppe Fiandaca. Mihajlo is principal at The Strategists network a strategy consulting firm focused on medical technology. Giuseppe Fiandaca is Cofounder and Managing Directo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:37
Dr. Stefan Rössler - Mass Balance Approach
Dr. Stefan Rössler is an expert for the massbalance approach and auditor for massbalance certifications at TÜV-SÜD. After his PhD in chemical engineering he worked a couple of years in industry as a business and technical consultant before he j...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:07
Dr. Vinny Sastri - Quality Management in Medical Device
Vinny Sastri is an expert in quality management and medical grade plastics. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Rutgers University. After a stellar career at BASF, Honeywell and GE-Plastics he founded his own consultancy where he focuses on qu...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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45:33
Kim Laursen - Compounding for Medical Applications
Kim Laursen is the Managing Director of Melitek A/S a medical compounder based in Denmark. With his nearly 30 year of experience he is a true expert in the field of medical compounding. In our discussion we talk about what advantages a compound...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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45:41
Jonathan Demierre - Eco-Design
Jonathan Demierre is an expert for eco-design and lead the team Sustainability Engineering at Helbling. He holds a PhD in Energy Systems from the EPFL Lausanne and worked at the Sustainable Engineering Lab of Columbia university in New York bef...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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