A brief chat on the current state of medical packaging system innovation.

On this episode of the SPOT® Radio Podcast Charlie Webb CPPL speaks on the topic of medical device packaging system innovation. Charlie asks the question, can we do better as innovators in sterile device packaging?

About Charlie Webb CPPL:

 Charlie Webb CPPL is the founder and President of Van der Stahl Scientific; a medical device packaging and testing machine provider and packaging testing and calibration laboratories. He also hosts the popular Podcast "SPOT Radio" (sterile packaging on track)

 www.spotradiopodcast.com Charlie was recognized in the Rode Podcast awards as the top 100 ‘Highly Commended Podcasts for his Podcast "Antidote to Despair" Charlie earned his BS degree in Management at the University of Redlands and completed the medical device development program at the Andersen graduate school of management at UCLA. Charlie is a “lifetime” certified packaging professional “CPPL” certified through the institute of Packaging Professionals as well as a “Six Sigma Master Black Belt”. As a member of a scientific review board, he co-developed micro-surgical devices that broke away from the conservative innovation models. Charlie has been in sterile device packaging for 26 years and has been involved in numerous FDA and ISO audits as a regulatory advisor.
He is also a certified internal auditor and is the Quality Manager for Van der Stähl Scientific’s demanding ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory accreditation. Under Charlie's quality management system, his lab received the MSI Continuous Improvement Award. Charlie is a member of the IOPP Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee, the Kiip group, and the ASTM F02 technical committee and has multiple granted and pending patents on medical device packaging machinery and pouch testing systems.

His current patent-pending technologies include a medical device tray sealer that will integrate pouch testing within the packaging machine to provide 100% real-time seal testing. Also, in development is his patented HTIP system (human tissue isolation pouch) this disposable system is designed to help avoid packaging machine contamination. His patented seal-through HTIP system isolates the donor tissue during the packaging process to help thwart cross-contamination between donor events. This system will help prevent machine contamination and increase packaging machine component life cycles, saving money while managing infection risks to donor recipients.

His company was also recently awarded a federal contract as a medical device packaging machine provider for the VA Hospital group and his laboratory client list includes NASA and the CDC (center for disease control). He continues to grow his company’s new product development program with the aim of reaching more users of their equipment in order to better manage healthcare packaging failures.

E-mail: Charlie@vanderstahl.com

Website: www.vanderstal.com

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