Research Grant Supports Sterile Medical Packaging Innovation

Sterile Medical Packaging Innovation

Product labeling and packaging for medical devices are based on the government standard for all manufacturers.

Medical devices are fragile, so they need to be shipped and delivered with utmost safety.

According to the latest reports, medical device manufacturers must continually invest in maintaining and updating sterile packaging standards.

The sterile barrier system needs to be followed by the medical device labeling and packaging companies.

If the company follows this system, the receiving end is less likely to require repackaging of the same device or product.

Once the device is delivered, the consumers must verify the integrity of the sterile packaging before beginning their development work.

Before they open the received package, they can recheck the packaging standard. Consumers can contact the manufacturer and discuss it over the phone.

How does this new Standard help the manufacturers?

In the current scenario, medical equipment and other products require re-packaging when they move from one department to another.

This new process would boost packaging innovation by eliminating repetitive packaging tasks. Each manufacturer must follow the sterile barrier system for their packaging work.

This innovation aims to enhance patient safety by ensuring the sterility of medical products. KIIP Group, i.e., Kilmer Innovations in Packaging, strictly follows their products’ sterile barrier packaging system. They aim to provide a reliable packaging experience.

The KIIP Group is working hard to achieve its goal. The project is named Project Wicked Stability.

AAMI’s Foundation has approved the research grant through their new Kilmer Fund fund.

What is the Kilmer Fund?

Kilmer Fund is a new fund system backed by the AAMI Foundation. It aims to accelerate innovations in packaging.

They provide direct financial aid to manufacturers adopting new technology for their manufacturing projects.

The Kilmer Fund supports research programs that advance the science of microbiological quality and sterility assurance.

Steve Campbell, the Executive Director of AAMI’s Foundation, released a statement. He says, “Project Wicked Stability received unanimous and enthusiastic support from the Kilmer Fund Committee.”

“The submission was exceptional, and the project’s intended goals were admirable and in line with the mission of the Kilmer Fund.” We’re excited to see the research move forward”, he added further.

The key objective of Project Wicked Stability is to develop a predictive model for sterile barrier materials. Their predictive sterile model would be for the construction of sterile barrier materials.

The only struggle they might face during their testing phase is collecting the packaging data through the predictive sterile model and merging it to make it open-source data for all MDMs.

It would be a game-changing step for the entire medical device packaging development.

The model could reduce the use of packaging materials and their resources. The same would speed up the delivery of medical equipment and devices.

Project Wicked Stability confirms that packaging manufacturers are gradually accepting its model.

The same would provide a new market for promoting their products globally. They can deliver their medical devices on time with fewer resources for packaging.

This ultimately boosts the manufacturing department, which gives great ROI.

The AAMI Foundation monitors the utilization of funds provided to organizations for their research programs.

They believe that the allotted funds are not used properly for the research program.

However, KIIP Group ensures they will use the dollars they receive to pay for the costs associated with the predictive sterile model for packaging medical devices. It also includes the testing phase.

Rod Patch, senior director at Wicked Stability, says, “We have some science behind a model related to our topic of stability.

We would have to do some confirmation studies to confirm that the model is true and accurate.

Those will take funding and [have] some costs associated with samples, testing, evaluation, results, and reporting.” This explanation ensures the better utilization of the search grant.

About Project Wicked Stability

Project Wicked Stability is the latest Kilmer Innovations in Packaging project, i.e., KIIP Group.

They have set a broader goal for innovative sterile packaging for medical equipment and devices.

They aim to improve patient outcomes and design innovative, sustainable packaging that requires no repetitive packaging tasks.

Members of Project Wicked Stability

Team leader Rod Patch, senior director, package engineering and product labeling, Johnson & Johnson, Vision
Jordan Montgomery, distinguished packaging engineer, Medtronic
Wendy Mach, senior manager, technical consulting, Nelson Laboratories
Jennifer Benolken, CPPL, MDM and regulatory specialist, DuPont
Henk Blom, Ph.D., VP of research and technology, PAXXUS
Dan Burgess, fellow packaging engineer, Boston Scientific
Chris Sarantos, VP product development, SmartStart Medical

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