{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Medtech Innovation Podcast","title":"How To Make Your Material Selection An Unfair Advantage","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2789,"description":"I'm joined by Lucas Pianegonda, Founder at Gradical, as we explore sustainable plastics in medtech, from the four forces driving change across a $340 billion industry to practical strategies for choosing better materials without sacrificing patient outcomes.The Four Forces Driving Sustainable Medtech→ 49 of the top 100 medtech companies have committed to climate targets through SBTI, representing $340 billion in turnover and 60% of the industry→ Customer demand is accelerating as hospitals focus on waste reduction, while GPOs like Premier create dedicated sustainability-focused solicitation categories→ Competitive FOMO compounds the pressure. Once one competitor launches a sustainable product, every company in that space starts their own 2-3 year development cycle→ European regulations including PPWR and the Green Deal are introducing mandatory eco-design requirements for medical devicesDevice Categories Moving Fastest→ Ophthalmology leads. Cataract surgery is the most prevalent on the planet at 30 million procedures annually, expected to double next decade→ Endoscopy advancing with Ambu as the poster child, embedding eco-design into corporate strategy→ Auto-injectors seeing a push from the GLP-1 revolution, alongside lab consumables and complex single-use devices like powered staplersSingle-Use vs. Multi-Use: Not Black and White→ The spectrum runs from syringes (always single-use) to CT scanners (always reusable). The question is where your device falls on that continuum→ Ambu's LCA research found 4 out of 5 studies showed single-use endoscopes had a lower environmental footprint than multi-use→ The more complex the device and the more rare earths involved, the more multi-use makes sense economically and environmentallyThe Hilti Model: Subscription-Based Medical Devices→ Lucas advocates device-as-a-service models that decouple physical production from revenue, comparing surgical staplers to power tools→ Medtronic's hybrid stapler pairs a durable reusable part...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SKJTlzh1Dih_UjWAMpaf9asEOJluhYL_CM3FATuVvVc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yM2U1/NjA3NjAzY2M1NDA0/ZDZkYTRiY2Y3Mjky/MTRmNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}