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MedTech Sustainability by Design

MedTech Sustainability by Design

著者： Lucas Pianegonda
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概要

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

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  • The Autoinjector Redesigned: Less Plastic, Lower Cost, Same Safety with John Palmer-Felgate, Founder & CTO of Eco-Inject

    The Autoinjector Redesigned: Less Plastic, Lower Cost, Same Safety with John Palmer-Felgate, Founder & CTO of Eco-Inject
    2026/05/06

    Over a billion autoinjectors are used every year. Almost all of them are single-use. Almost all of that plastic gets incinerated.

    John Palmer-Felgate spent 30 years designing medical devices. At some point, he decided to actually fix the problem.

    John is the Founder and CTO of Eco-Inject, a UK startup that has built a sustainable autoinjector from the ground up using 100% bio-based polymers, fewer components, and a completely rethought internal architecture.

    Here's what we get into:

    • Why you can't just swap in sustainable materials and call it a day
    • How John reduced the device to five simple plastic moldings
    • Why the production line footprint is a quarter of the current standard
    • How Eco-Inject achieves a lower cost of goods and better sustainability at the same time
    • The commercial reality of selling sustainability to pharma procurement

    This episode is sponsored by Eco-Inject.


    If you want to make your medical devices more sustainable, let's talk: https://calendly.com/lucas-pianegonda-gradical/discovery-call-gradical

    🔗 CONNECT WITH JOHN PALMER-FELGATE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-palmer-felgate/

    🔗 CONNECT WITH ECO-INJECT: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eco-inject/posts/?feedView=all

    🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
    🎧 Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gradical-podcast-the-podcast-about-plastics-in/id1773569554
    🟢 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4vNQ6rPE2CQUGgQtEY3sYq
    📺 YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@GradicalGmbH
    🌍 Gradical: https://gradical.ch/
    📩 Work with us: lucas.pianegonda@gradical.ch


    #MedTechSustainabilityByDesignPodcast #GradicalPodcast #MedTech #AutoInjector #SustainableDesign #MedicalDevices #Bioplastics #DrugDelivery

    Do you enjoy this podcast? Then subscribe, rate it on your platform, and join the discussion on LinkedIn! Your feedback and comments help us improve the podcast and bring you relevant topics. Let’s form a better world with plastics!

    If you are a Medtech company struggling to make your devices more sustainable, let’s talk—BOOK A CALL HERE.
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    45 分
  • CAPA Done Right: How to Turn Quality Firefighting into Continuous Improvement with Georg Digel, Founder of Elevate CAPA

    CAPA Done Right: How to Turn Quality Firefighting into Continuous Improvement with Georg Digel, Founder of Elevate CAPA
    2026/04/22

    A lot of MedTech companies treat CAPA as a compliance exercise. They open a record, close a record, and survive the audit. Georg Digel has spent his career watching what happens when that's the only goal… and it's not pretty.

    Georg is the Founder and Owner of Elevate CAPA. He has spent years helping MedTech companies build CAPA systems that actually work: ones that identify real problems, trace them to their root cause, and prevent them from coming back.

    Here's what we get into:

    • Why CAPA is one of the most misunderstood processes in medical technology
    • The difference between a non-conformity and a CAPA
    • What auditors actually find when they inspect CAPA systems
    • Why "death by CAPA" happens and how to avoid it
    • How management culture makes or breaks the whole thing
    • What a lean, functional CAPA process looks like in practice

    🔗 CONNECT WITH GEORG DIGEL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgdigel/?locale=de

    🔗 CONNECT WITH US:
    🎧 Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gradical-podcast-the-podcast-about-plastics-in/id1773569554
    🟢 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4vNQ6rPE2CQUGgQtEY3sYq
    📺 YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@GradicalGmbH
    🌍 Gradical: https://gradical.ch/
    📩 Work with us: lucas.pianegonda@gradical.ch


    #MedTechSustainabilityByDesignPodcast #GradicalPodcast #MedTech #CAPA #QualityManagement #MedicalDevices #ContinuousImprovement #QMS #Compliance

    Do you enjoy this podcast? Then subscribe, rate it on your platform, and join the discussion on LinkedIn! Your feedback and comments help us improve the podcast and bring you relevant topics. Let’s form a better world with plastics!

    If you are a Medtech company struggling to make your devices more sustainable, let’s talk—BOOK A CALL HERE.
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    45 分
  • Remanufacturing Single-Use Medical Devices with Ulrike Marczak, CEO at Vanguard

    Remanufacturing Single-Use Medical Devices with Ulrike Marczak, CEO at Vanguard
    2026/04/15

    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/

    🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

    🎧 Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gradical-podcast-the-podcast-about-plastics-in/id1773569554

    🟢 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4vNQ6rPE2CQUGgQtEY3sYq

    📺 YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@GradicalGmbH

    🌍 Gradical: https://gradical.ch/

    📩 Work with us: lucas.pianegonda@gradical.ch


    #MedtechSustainabilityByDesignPodcast #GradicalPodcast #MedTech #CircularEconomy #SingleUse #Remanufacturing #MedicalDevices #Sustainability #HealthcareInnovation

    Do you enjoy this podcast? Then subscribe, rate it on your platform, and join the discussion on LinkedIn! Your feedback and comments help us improve the podcast and bring you relevant topics. Let’s form a better world with plastics!

    If you are a Medtech company struggling to make your devices more sustainable, let’s talk—BOOK A CALL HERE.
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    41 分
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