Energy Efficiency
Idle-power sleep modes on scanners and mill controllers; modeled kWh reductions validated against always-on baselines for exact SKUs.
Environmental recognitions
Frameworks the Innovation Lab reports against
Innovation Lab
The Innovation Lab turns implant and digital dentistry questions into versioned protocols, pilot gates, and lifecycle evidence checkpoints—including carbon, reprocessing, and take-back progress.
Net-zero planning target across Straumann connected scanners, mills, and digital planning seats by 2040—paired with clinical protocol gates that stay IFU-bound.
Commitment pillars
Idle-power sleep modes on scanners and mill controllers; modeled kWh reductions validated against always-on baselines for exact SKUs.
AAMI ST91-aligned reusable cassette paths where clinically validated, with SAL and cycle-count limits documented separately from implant sterile packs.
WEEE-aligned end-of-life for digital hardware with UDI deregistration documented; packaging FSC / recycled-content gates tracked by year.
Modeled carbon and packaging deltas are not clinical performance claims. Sterility assurance level (SAL) applies only where a labeled validated process exists; EO, gamma, and steam routes remain IFU-specific.
Technical trade-off
Infection control and sustainability committees often pull in opposite directions. The Innovation Lab documents both positions with IFU-bound boundaries—not a one-sided marketing claim.
Argument: Factory sterility assurance level (SAL) 10⁻⁶ under ISO 11607 packaging reduces cross-contamination risk and removes Spaulding-class reprocessing liability from the clinic. Per-procedure costing is predictable for ASC and DSO formularies.
Cost: Higher waste volume and packaging carbon; supply-chain volatility on ethylene oxide sterilization or gamma irradiation sterilization capacity can extend lead times.
Argument: Lower total cost of ownership when autoclave / steam sterilization or labeled EO cycles follow AAMI ST91 and ISO 17664 reprocessing validation. Smaller plastic waste footprint across high-volume oral surgery days.
Cost: Requires documented cycle counts, wear inspection, water-quality controls, and staff training; validation failures shift liability back to the facility QMS and CAPA log.
Straumann implant fixtures remain single-patient sterile devices. Reusable paths apply only to labeled instruments and cassettes. Confirm design history file (DHF) / device master record (DMR) excerpts and post-market surveillance (PMS) notes for the exact catalog family before changing sterile logistics.
Environmental recognitions
Bring your chair count, scan volume, and reporting boundary. We will map which gates are already measurable.
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