MD&DI Resource Center: Design
The Greening of Medical Product Design
How to make medical device products more sustainable.
The green writing is on the wall: it is time for medical manufacturers to consider the sustainability of their products, packaging, and production processes. In the consumer world, Wal-Mart is undergoing a major effort to adopt sustainability and even hired the ex-head of the Sierra Club as a consultant on this topic. Clorox recently announced its Green Works line of greener household cleaning products. Companies with a strong presence in the medical field like Kimberly-Clark and Philips have long been doing something about the issue. Read more...
Sustainability in Medical Device Design
Green can be profitable, if device manufacturers consider internal and external drivers.
The world is changing. Oil prices have surpassed $140 per barrel and phrases such as climate change, carbon footprint, and going green have become fixtures in the daily vernacular. Environmentally friendly design, sometimes called sustainable design or green design, has become a topic of great social and financial significance. Companies are beginning to discover the benefit and the necessity of buying and using more ecofriendly products and services. Read more...
The objective of this book is to describe the principles, methodologies, and deployment of design for Six Sigma (DfSS) and to illustrate how DfSS can be used in the medical device industry. As the authors claim, this is the first book that attempts to provide a road map and relationship between design for Six Sigma and medical device design and development. Read more...
