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Medical Device Innovators | Leaders in Medical Device Development, MedTech, and Medical Innovation
The Benefits of Single-Use Medical Instruments with Lane Hale
May 18, 2023
Lane Hale, President and CEO at ECA Medical Instruments, discusses the benefits of single-use medical instruments, considerations and regulatory details for their use, and the environmental impact. He also highlights the alignment of single-use instruments with ambulatory surgery centers and offers insights on optimizing packaging and when companies should transition to single-use instruments.
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- Single-use instruments simplify logistics, minimize delays, and reduce infection risks for hospitals and medical device companies.
- Collaborating with experienced partners like ECA Medical ensures efficient designs, materials robustness, and compliance with regulatory requirements in transitioning to single-use instruments.
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Transitioning to Single-Use Procedural Kits
The podcast explores the movement in the orthopedic industry towards single-use procedural kits and how it has become a focus for companies. This shift is a response to the demand for efficiency, shorter timelines, and budgets in medical device development. The trend in other medical device sectors of using single-use instruments has made orthopedics the last frontier in adopting this approach. ECA Medical, a company featured in the podcast, helps companies develop and manufacture single-use instruments and packages them with their implants for market release.
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