Gradical Podcast - The Podcast about Plastics in Medical Technology

Lucas Pianegonda
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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.chRecommended Reading "Plastics in Medical Device": https://amzn.to/4gVldHf

Episodes

  1. FEB 26

    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 then at his current employer Plastiflex where he is now Chief Growth officer and Chief Sustainability Officer. In our discussion we talk about how to incorporate sustainable plastics in medical technolgoy and how growth an sustainability are intercoupled...

    51 min

  2. FEB 19

    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 material selection. Monir provides all kind of regulatory affairs services including clinical evaluation, the topic of todays podcast. In our discussion we shed light on the clinical evaluation, clinical tests and on how to argue equivalency. Micro-Training for Med...

    48 min
  3. Julian Lotz - Biobased Medical Grades

    FEB 5

    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 enivornmental impacts, the difference between biobased and biodegradable and on how to make the future of healthcare more sustainable. Micro-Training for Medical Plastics! In just 2 hours, gain compact and practical insights into sustainable plastic...

    49 min

  4. 12/20/2024

    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 Director at Polyneers a consulting firm for medical grade plastics. Together with Gradical these two companies jointly put together a market report regarding the medical grade plastic market. More info on the market report under www.medicalgradeplastics.de Mic...

    53 min
  5. Dr. Stefan Rössler - Mass Balance Approach

    12/13/2024

    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 joined TÜV SÜD as an auditor and global product manager for ISCC certifications. We talk in detail about different chain of custody options, sustainable feedstocks and the ISCC-PLUS certification process. Micro-Training for Medical Plastics! In just 2 ho...

    58 min
  6. Dr. Vinny Sastri - Quality Management in Medical Device

    10/23/2024

    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 quality management. He is a certified Six Sigma black belt and his book plastics in medical device is without peers. He recently started as senior vice president global quality at Avanos medical a company providing solutions for Pain Management and Chroni...

    47 min
  7. Kim Laursen - Compounding for Medical Applications

    10/02/2024

    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 compounder dedicated to medical end market brings, about sustainability and how to attract key talent. This episode was sponsored by Melitek Micro-Training for Medical Plastics! In just 2 hours, gain compact and practical insights into sustainable plastics, bi...

    47 min
  8. Jonathan Demierre - Eco-Design

    09/18/2024

    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 before joining Helbling. His whole career is centred around sustainability and eco-design. We talk about the sustainability and how it is embedded in the design process and why you should not put goals on means. Micro-Training for Medical Plastics! I...

    47 min
  9. Steve Maxson - MedTech Extrusion

    09/04/2024

    Steve Maxson - MedTech Extrusion

    Steve Maxson is an expert for medical extrusion and currently Innovation and Business Developer at US-Extruders. He has over 20 years of experience in the medical extrusion business and hosts his own podcast Med-Ex The Medical Extrusion Podcast where he covers all things medical extrusion. On the side he also runs his own consulting business maxsoninsightservices. In our discussion we talk about catheter manufacturing, PFAS, regulatory topics and sustainability. Micro-Training for Medical Pl...

    45 min
  10. Patrick Kothe - Medical Device Sales

    08/22/2024

    Patrick Kothe - Medical Device Sales

    Our todays guest is Patrick “Pat” Kothe is an expert in sales and marketing of medical devices. He is the CEO of EM Device a medical device start-up based in Austin Texas, helping doctors better treat abscesses. He had a stellar career in Sales and Marketing and his passion are innovative start-ups and career development. He is the host of the “Mastering Medical Device” Podcast, a personal favourite of mine where I had an interview in 2023. Check also the episode of Pat interviewing Lucas P...

    1h 1m
  11. Anja Gottschalk - Polyolefins for Medical Technology

    08/14/2024

    Anja Gottschalk - Polyolefins for Medical Technology

    Our guest today is Anja Gottschalk, she is an application developer for medical technology and an expert in medical grade polyolefins. She is an member of the VDI's "Plastics in Medical Technology" committee and was involved in the development of the 2017 VDI guideline "Medical Grade Plastics". She gave an overview over the most important polyolfefins PE and PP and then we dove further into the topic of sustainability in polyolefins. Micro-Training for Medical Plastics! In just 2 hours, gai...

    48 min
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    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.chRecommended Reading "Plastics in Medical Device": https://amzn.to/4gVldHf

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