A BIennial Event, for the medical device industry.
Shaping our Industry.
MedBraid is a one day conference for leaders, engineers, founders, and curious observers of the medical device industry. Through educational presentation and Q&A sessions, our speakers will share new insights & ideas about the forthcoming forces shaping our industry. Speakers will also stay available to discuss your needs during our one-on-one conversation session. All the talks will be recorded and made available for our registered guests.
Learn more about MedBraid 2021
Schedule
This Year’s Event.
For the sixth edition of MedBraid, we are presenting this year’s event in collaboration with Swiss MedTech Expo Luzern, Medidee & Medistri.
This year’s event will be focused on the development and challenges of EU’s MDR, Designing Sustainable Sterilisation Processes & Our Industry’s technological progress.
(The MedBraid 2021 complete program will be released soon.)
MedBraid 2021’s focus:
Adapting to Switzerland’s new regulatory landscape.
Designing Intelligent Sterilisation Processes.
The Validation of Sterile Medical Devices
Insights, Expertise & Ideas.
Scheduled Presentations for MedBraid 2021.
View the complete MedBraid 2021 schedule here.
Presentation 1
“In Depth: The Importance of Medical Device Sterilisation”.
Brought to you by Yacine Gerard
Deputy Manager at Medistri S.A
Every Medical device manufacturer knows that sterilization is an important and critical process that influences the final design, packaging, manufacturing, distribution and usage of a products…. Why is Sterilization so heavily influential within each step of a product’s lifecycle? And how can established and startup companies integrate sterilization intricacies intelligently? Yacine Gérard’s presentation sheds light on the risks and preventions strategies in order to raise awareness among professionals on micro-organisms and their potential harmful impact on the human body.
Presentation 2
“Reprocessing in CSSD – An Overview of Best Practices in Europe”
brought to you by Michael Maier
Founder and Senior Partner, Medidee
Presentation 3
“A practical approach to designing Cleaning and Sterilisation Validations for Reusable Medical Devices”
Brought to you by Jonatan Lintott
Founder and CEO of Andersen Caledonia
The standard ISO-17664 provides guidance on instructions to be provided with re-usable medical devices. Part 1 was re-issued in 2017 and covers critical devices and Part 2 re-issued in 2021 covers non-critical devices. This presentation covers many of the practical difficulties in creating instructions that are both specific enough to be useful but allow for a wide variety of equipment, materials and processes used by hospitals globally. The presentation also covers how to validate the claims made in the instructions and gives some insights on common mistakes made.
Presentation 4
“Biological evaluation of medical devices – Implementing the changes ”
Brought to you by Gilles Farron.
Laboratory Manager of Medistri S.A
The Regulation 2017/745 on medical devices has acted that the principles of replacement, reduction and refinement in the area of animal experimentation laid down in the Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council should be observed. As a consequence, the Fifth revision of ISO 10993-1 (2018) introduces new approaches and new requirements for the biological evaluation of medical devices. Chemical characterization (ISO 10993-18), the determination of allowable limits (ISO 10993-17) and in vitro/ex vivo tests (ISO 10993-5, ISO 10993-23) appear to be the most important tests to consider before to evaluate if tests on animals are necessary. In this presentation, Gilles Farron will share insights and experience in order to bring to light some of the challenges that will be brought forward by the recent changes.
Presentation 5
“MDR and Related V&V Requirements”
brought to you by Dr. Linda Ahnen
Senior Associate at Medidee
Dr. Linda Anhen’s presentation will discuss MDR deployment and the key challenges facing the MedTech ecosystem today. The speaker will make great emphasis on the important of verification and validation activities. As well as NB requirements related to V&V and insights about the technical documentation.
Presentation 5
“What it takes to bring a new medical device from concept to life.”
brought to you by our chairman, Laurent Grandidier
CEO of AtHeart Medical, Investor, Builder & Board Member
Medical device innovation is a complex and treacherous path. Drawing on real-life lessons from the MedTech startup trenches, this presentation will explore some of the known and less well-known elements of success to bring a novel device concept to life.
Speakers
Technical Expertise.
We are very proud to be working with some our our Industry’s most technically knowledgeable companies.
Below are just some of our partners allowing MedBraid 2021 to happen.
Click here to learn about MedBraid 2021’s Speakers & Chairman.
Medistri S.A
Providing Sterilisation & Laboratory Services for the World’s Most Innovative Companies.
Swiss MedTech Expo
Swiss Medtech Expo ist the trade fair for Europe's third- largest Medtech market. Leading suppliers, research and educational institutes as well as specialised service providers will be demonstrating their competencies.
Medidee
Medidee is a global services supplier servings companies of all sizes ranging from academic startups to majors.
