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  • Healthcare Sustainability
  • Product Lifecycle Management

Background:

  • The healthcare industry is experiencing a significant shift towards sustainability.
  • Stakeholders are actively working to reduce emissions and environmental impacts.
  • Device design is a key focus area applicable across the entire industry.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore design opportunities for footprint reduction throughout a product's lifecycle.
  • To illustrate how considered design can facilitate the journey towards a circular economy.
  • To identify strategies for minimizing negative external effects in product lifecycles.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of product lifecycle phases: raw materials, manufacturing, transport, use, and end-of-life.
  • Examination of design focal points and opportunities for footprint reduction.
  • Integration of technical approaches, business model development, and user behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Identified multiple design opportunities for emission reduction across all lifecycle phases.
  • Highlighted the role of design in achieving a cradle-to-cradle system.
  • Provided pathways for products and services to move towards circularity, even if full circularity is not immediately attainable.

Conclusions:

  • Considered design is crucial for driving sustainability in healthcare and beyond.
  • Implementing circular economy principles through design can significantly reduce environmental impact.
  • Even partial implementation of circular design strategies offers substantial benefits for emissions reduction and future sustainability efforts.