Platform Architecture Empowering Health and Safe Product Service Systems for Specific Target Groups

Landolfi, Giuseppe; Alge, Marino; Bettoni, Andrea; Canetta, Luca; Pedrazzoli, Paolo; Corti, Donatella

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2014.03.187

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“…However, stronger than the aforementioned challenges for EoL strategies implementation, are the reasons why circular solutions should be adopted in this area. Minoglou et al (2017) emphasize how alarming the amount of waste produced by healthcare worldwide is, especially considering that this area is growing rapidly due to the increase of ageing populations, emerging markets and specific diseases (Landolfi et al, 2014). Furthermore, Yip et al (2015) and Fargnoli et al (2018) underline the lack of studies regarding the implementation of PSS in the medical devices area and remarked this subject as an important field for scientific investigation.…”

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How are End-of-Life Strategies Adopted in Product-Service Systems? A Systematic Review of General Cases and Cases of Medical Devices Industry

Damha¹,

Trevisan²,

Guzzo³

et al. 2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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Little study has been done on the adoption of End-of-Life (EoL) strategies on the medical devices industry, despite the reasons why it is an important area of study for the implementation of circularity. The rates of waste in the medical field are alarming and tend to grow. Though presenting a wide potential for EoL strategies implementation, the medical field is also inherently challenging, considering the rigid regulations and product's risk to patients life. This paper analyses 17 Product-Service System case studies identified in the literature. Eleven of them are from various fields of industry, whereas the other six are applied to the medical devices industry. The adoption of EoL strategies - namely repair, reconditioning, remanufacture and recycling - is analysed in each case and compared for the two categories of cases. This adoption is related to the sources of value creation in Circular Economy, to the PSS typology and, at last, special EoL treatment for medical devices is discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%