Webinar: Manufacturing and Sustainability in Orthopaedic Bioengineering

Monday, 4 December 2023

13:00

Chair’s opening remarks

Rosti Readioff, Assistant Professor, Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Liverpool

13:05

The Importance of In-Situ Monitoring in the Sustainable Manufacture of Orthopaedic Implant

Hay Wong, Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Materials, Design and Manufacturing Engineering,

School of Engineering, University of Liverpool

• Metal 3D printing is gaining popularity for the manufacture of orthopaedic implants.
• The 3D printing process has great benefits for low-volume production of bespoke components. However, it is also prone to part defects and process anomalies.
• In-situ 3D printing monitoring is critical for a sustainable and ‘First-Time-Right’ manufacturing process.

13:20

Question and Answer Session

13:25

Can polymorphic moulding achieve zero waste manufacturing for orthotics and custom-made medical devices

Josh Shires,  CEO/CTO, Fyous

• How orthoses are currently made
• The stats on the NHS and custom-made footwear
• How Polymorphic Moulding will reduce waste in the orthotics industry

13:40

Question and Answer Session

13:45

Sustainable orthopaedics through behaviour change, systems thinking and collaboration

Heather Baid, Principal Lecturer, University of Brighton

• Sustainable healthcare principles and practices
• Behaviour change and systems thinking for sustainable orthopaedics
• Engineering collaboration with other disciplines to promote sustainability  

13:50

Question and Answer Session

13:55

Materials usage, the circular economy, and opportunities of drive change in the Orthopaedics and wider clinical setting

Dipak Sarkar, Associate Professor, Materials Science, University of Brighton

• Materials used
• Wastes generated and impacts
• Strategies for recycling/reduce and waste reduction

14:10

Sustainable Orthopaedics: Eco-Design for a Greener Future

Lena Cordie-Bancroft, Knowledge Solutions Sector Lead, Medical Devices, BSI

• Eco-friendly design principles
• Incorporating circular economy in orthopaedic device life cycle
• Overview of standards and regulations supporting sustainability

14:30

Question and Answer Session

14:35

Point of Care 3D Printing of PEEK for Orthopaedic Applications

Steven Kurtz, Director of Implant Research Core, Drexel University

• Bioactive PEEK filaments, e.g., BCP PEEK are commercially available
• Silicon nitride blended PEEK is technically feasible, in early stages of development
• Technology for FFF porous PEEK implants has advanced to commercialization
• International standards needed for FFF PEEK implant production (especially at POC)

14:50

Question and Answer Session

14:55

Chair’s closing remarks