CleanMed Competence network
Published on 26 February 2020
Germany
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About this good practice
CleanMed has been created with the vision of raising technical cleanliness, cleanability, sterilizability and clean handling of medical technology products to a new level. More specifically, CleanMed focuses on standardization and validation, construction (materials, design principles, manufacturing processes), functional surfaces (antibacterial, non-stick), technical cleanliness (forming and machining production, particle sources, cooling lubricants) and cleaning (alternative methods, agents). Under the leadership of the cluster organisation MedicalMountains, the network has been supporting innovative companies and research institutions in the field of purity in medical technology.
CleanMed has a broad member base ranging from traditional producers of medical instruments and implants to producers of detergents. It also benefits from integrated expertise from research as well as from development service providers. Since April 2018, the network has been continued in the form of an ExpertTable, a platform for regular cross-sectoral exchange between different stakeholders.
CleanMed opens up perspectives for future-oriented products or processes for the network partners. The declared goal was and still is to develop new manufacturing processes that leave no residues on products, to develop products that exhibit improved cleaning properties both in production and in use, and developments that monitor the durability of clean products in everyday clinical practice.
CleanMed has a broad member base ranging from traditional producers of medical instruments and implants to producers of detergents. It also benefits from integrated expertise from research as well as from development service providers. Since April 2018, the network has been continued in the form of an ExpertTable, a platform for regular cross-sectoral exchange between different stakeholders.
CleanMed opens up perspectives for future-oriented products or processes for the network partners. The declared goal was and still is to develop new manufacturing processes that leave no residues on products, to develop products that exhibit improved cleaning properties both in production and in use, and developments that monitor the durability of clean products in everyday clinical practice.
Resources needed
The CleanMed project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) for three years within the nationwide “Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)”.
Evidence of success
The CleanMed project has been selected for funding within the “Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)” by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) and triggered several project ideas. Until March 2018, 18 project ideas were developed from within the cluster of which some applied for R&D funding.
Potential for learning or transfer
The CleanMed cluster project is a successful example of a private cluster initiative born out of a common interest and need “from within” the industry and supported financially by a public funding program. This initiative was able to assemble a broad range of stakeholders under a joint objective, thus creating solutions to challenges of purity in the medical technology sector that integrate and represent these various needs and capacities from the start and eventually have a higher probability of being turned into practice.
This Good Practice is useful for public authorities who want to improve cluster policies, especially in terms of adequate funding or face the need of developing a (new) industry standard. CleanMed also provides a good example for private actors who want to address a sector-wide need/problem and gain insight into the structure and organization of clusters.
This Good Practice is useful for public authorities who want to improve cluster policies, especially in terms of adequate funding or face the need of developing a (new) industry standard. CleanMed also provides a good example for private actors who want to address a sector-wide need/problem and gain insight into the structure and organization of clusters.
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Organisation
MedicalMountains GmbH
Germany
Freiburg