Sustainable Product Design for MedTech Engineers and Developers Training Course

This seminar will give you an in-depth understanding of what sustainability options exist, what the benefits are, what drives them, and how to choose which will work for your company.

27 November 2025 »
from £749

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Format: Classroom
CPD: 6 hours for your records
Certificate of completion

Course overview

Sustainability in medical technology, like in all industries, is no longer optional. It’s not a question of “if” but “how.”

This engaging and practical seminar offers an in-depth understanding of the sustainability options available in the medical device sector, the benefits they bring, and the key drivers behind them. You’ll gain valuable insights into how to assess which strategies will work best for your company, along with actionable guidance on how to successfully implement meaningful change.

This course is part of our range of Medical Devices training courses

Benefits of attending

Gain a clear understanding of how practical sustainability objectives can be chosen to fit the specific needs of your organisation, customers and regulatory authorities, and what you should be aiming to achieve
Learn how to manage risks effectively and develop a focused sustainability strategy that delivers measurable, meaningful benefits to the business within a realistic timeframe
Understand where to begin, the importance of consensus among stakeholders, how to effectively manage change, and how to justify the investment to the business by clearly measuring and communicating the benefits

Who should attend?

Medical industry leaders
Sustainability leaders
Product owners
Manufacturing managers
Design heads
Business development managers
Anyone interested in sustainable design and manufacture

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This course will cover:

Background

Focus: where does sustainable design and manufacture fit into the overall sustainability picture?
What are the drivers for sustainability in YOUR industry/organisation? What are the barriers?
What has your organisation done so far and why? Did it work? If not, why not?
What have other organisations done, why have they done this, how has this worked and how did they go about it

Understanding how to move forward

Stakeholders in sustainable design and manufacture and their roles
Drivers for change and potential obstacles
Reprocessing options, how to combine them, and understanding the synergy between design, manufacture and reprocessing

Planning change

Motivations - selling the idea, getting stakeholders on board and assessing future market acceptance/demands
Understanding the benefits - how sustainability can add value to your organisation and your products
Sharing the vision and getting commitment/support
Understanding the benefits - how sustainability can add value along the supply chain to your organisation and your customers
Planning phased implementation - disruptive change and how to manage it
Feasibility analysis - the answer to the question “should we adopt sustainable manufacture” - might be no!

Implementing change

Preparation - gaining consensus and commitment, addressing concerns and ensuring acceptance
Where to start - design, manufacture, remanufacture or all three?
How to "do" sustainable design. How have others done it? What can we learn? How suitable is it for medical?
How to implement a recovery and remanufacturing loop. What can we learn from other industries?
What external forces exist and how do we address them?
Where to find support and how to keep the regulators happy
Starting small and working up - balancing risk with manageable rates of progress and measuring success
Scaling up, managing expectations and finding the optimum rate of change
Making the financial case - how does sustainability pay for itself?

Q&A and key takeaways

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Cormac O'Prey
Kestrel Consultancy Group

Cormac O'Prey is Principal and Director in the Kestrel Consultancy Group.

He has experience in effective Business Development, Project Management and Product Development, with proven innovation capability. As part of the Kestrel Consultancy Group Ltd., he works on technology and product development projects with a range of UK-based and multi-national client companies.

In his role as a BSi BS8887 committee member and project lead on the sustainable medical devices subcommittee, he contributes to steering international standards and best practice on design for manufacture, assembly, disassembly and end of life - vital for developing our capacity to respond to the demands of circular / spiral economy and optimise our resources in an increasingly unstable world!

His specialist capabilities include: Development of strategic partnerships with multiple international organisations including customers, manufacturers, users, financiers, and regulatory bodies; Product development in diverse industrial sectors including Smart Grid and Smart Metering, Medical Devices, Industrial, Consumer and other industries including project management, risk analysis, technical review, etc.

He has a special interest in technology transfer and innovation with a focus on sustainable design and manufacture, and lectures at ARU Cambridge in Global Busines Environment and International Strategy, and Engineering Design.

More details

NEW higher discounts for multiple bookings - bring your colleagues to make your training budget go further:

30% off the 2nd delegate*
40% off the 3rd delegate*
50% off the 4th delegate*

Please contact us for pricing if you are interested in booking 5 or more delegates

27 November 2025

Classroom
Rembrandt Hotel
London

09:00-17:00 UK (London)
Course code 14969
Optional £255/€356/$407 per night

GBP 749 849
EUR 1,049 1,189
USD 1,203 1,359

Until 23 Oct

1 day classroom-based training
Optional accommodation - 1 night including breakfast, checking in the day before the course
Meet presenters and fellow attendees in person
Lunch and refreshments provided
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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Reviews of IPI's Sustainable Product Design for MedTech Engineers and Developers training course

The speaker was passionate and knowledgeable about his work. The content was good, although tailored more to the beginner in sustainability. The presentation was good, slides were manageable (not too wordy etc). The regulatory and case studies were interesting, as well as remanufacturing.

Jan 24 2023

Emily Lane United Kingdom
Graduate Mechanical Engineer, Renishaw plc