Sterile Packaging, Sterilization, and Usability in MedTech | Sarah of Canyon Labs
MedTech Unboxed: Presented by Chamfr
Why do so many medical device teams treat packaging as an afterthought when it can directly affect sterilization, usability, supply chain performance, and even patient safety? In this episode of MedTech Unboxed, Steve talks with Sarah from Canyon Labs about the critical role of sterile packaging in medical device development and commercialization.
They break down how packaging decisions connect to device design, sealing validation, transit testing, aging, usability, and aseptic presentation. Sarah also explains why design for packaging should happen earlier in development, how poor packaging can create issues with seal integrity, particulate, damage during shipping, and user frustration in the clinical setting, and why packaging design can even play a role in reducing hospital-acquired infections.
The conversation also explores major sterilization trends in medtech, including EO, gamma, E-beam, sustainability pressures, material compatibility, and the growing need to think about packaging and sterilization at the same time as device design. For medtech professionals in catheters, disposables, packaging engineering, quality, sterilization, and product development, this episode is a practical look at what happens at the “end of the line” and why it matters much earlier than most teams think.
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