SFIP/Techtera: Healthcare Innovation: Polymer & Textile assets
12-06/2022, 08h00 - 12-07/2022, 17h00
> Properties/characteristicsandperformance:content/
container interaction, biocompatibility, hygiene/
asepsis/antisepsis, personalisation/customisation,
sterilisation/decontamination;
> Regulations/ legislation – Barriers and constraints;
> Specificities of medical polymers: medical grades;
> Sustainable development and eco-design: bio-based
materials and other alternatives, end-of-life manage-
ment (sorting, recycling, recyclability);
> Innovative applications and new uses: prostheses,
ortheses, implants, medical devices, textiles, dres-
sings, primary and secondary packaging, diagnostic
systems, tissue engineering;
> Smart devices: connected, sensors, embedded elec-
tronics;
> New perspectivesoffered by additive manufacturing:
customisation, function integration