Join the Medical Technology Innovation Platfom at MEDTEC UK - Day 2

STREAM A

10:15 – 10:30 Chairman Opening Remarks

10:30 – 11:15 Medical Device Design

Specifications suck: why focussing on essential requirements leads to mediocre products

Marc Bax, Managing Director, Panchromos

Change management for specifications; enabling both creativity and practicality during the product design and development process

Lucy Malby, Business Development Manager, eg technology

11:15 – 11:45 Networking Break

11:45 – 12:15 Getting the best from your Design
Applying manufacturing knowledge at the plastic part design stage to prevent significant costs and delays later in the project.

Dr Paul Stidworth, Business Development Manager, AST Technology (UK) Ltd

12:15 – 12:45 Networking Break

12:45 – 13:30 Design, Prototype and Usability
Human factors and usability of medical devices

Patrick Hall, Development Director, Maddison

Dr. Christopher Vincent, Postdoctoral Research Associate, UCLIC, University College London

13:30 – 14:00 Networking Break

14:00 – 14:30 Recent Developments in Sterilization Technology

Sterilization technologies and how they should be incorporated into both new product development and existing manufacturing processes

Edward Cappabianca, CEO, EnXray

14:30 – 15:00 Networking Break

15:00 – 15:45 3D Printing Revolution

Exploring 3D printing for medical manufacturing and analysing latest trends in 3D printing of customized medical devices

Ken Whild, Sales Manager, HK Holdings

Ricky Wildman, Professor of Multiphase Flow and Mechanics, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham

STREAM B

10:00 –10:15 Chairman Opening Remarks

10:15 – 10:45 Manufacturing Milestones for Polymers Business Examining the challenges in producing new polymer-based materials on a lab scale and for biomedical applications

Dr Theoni K. Georgiou, Lecturer in Polymer Chemistry, Department of Materials, Imperial College London

10:45 – 11:15 Networking Break

11:15 – 11:45 Successful Development of a Functional Prototype Considering the challenges with producing functional and successful prototypes for the purpose of formative usability testing

Ian Culverhouse, Senior Design Researcher, Kinneir Dufort

11:45 – 12:15 Networking Break

12:15 – 12:45 Advances in Medical Device Design

CASE STUDY: Sensor-based system for continuous patient monitoring

Diana Hodgins, Managing Director, European Technology for Business

12:45 – 13:15 Networking Break

13:15 – 14:15 Spotlight Session on Coating Technology

CASE STUDY: Parylene Coatings: Green chemistry protecting and lubricating Biomaterials and Medical Device

Jason Delaney, Technical Sales Manager, Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies

Electrospun Coatings of Implantable Glucose Biosensors for Continuous Monitoring

Dr Wenhui Song , Senior Lecturer, Centre for Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, University College London

14:15 – 15:00 Networking Break

15:00 – 15:30 Orthopaedic Design and Manufacturing
Engineering perspectives in design and development of orthopaedic devices

Daniele Sinigalliesi, Director, Marposs

15:30 - 16:00 Micro-Moulding Innovation
Exploring new opportunities for micro component design and manufacturing through ultrasonic moulding.

Enric Sirera, Sales Director, ULTRASION