Industrial design engineer Pablo Yániz González set out to make a single-use inflator more sustainable and ended up designing a hybrid device that can be reused up to 1,000 times.

In this episode, Pablo joins Lucas Pianegonda to discuss how hospitals can reduce waste without adding burden for clinicians, what “hybrid-use” design really means, and how to navigate the long, expensive road from prototype to regulatory approval.

They cover:

• The tradeoffs between reuse and remanufacturing in hospitals
• Designing inflators that maintain safety and simplicity
• The “Tesla lesson” for medtech
• Why getting from prototype to MDR approval is a 3-year journey before sales even begin

If you’re an engineer or medtech innovator thinking about sustainability, this episode is for you.

Connect with Pablo:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablo-yaniz-gonzalez

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