Owen Mumford Launches EcoSafe® Safety Syringe Platform – Smarter For Budgets And Kinder To The Planet
Oxford - Medical device expert Owen Mumford has extended its 1ml safety syringe platform by adding a companion reusable autoinjector.
The EcoSafe® 1ml safety syringe (previously branded UniSafe) is compatible with the new reusable EcoSafe® autoinjector – creating the first and only fully integrated safety syringe platform designed for all patients, including those who are less dextrous or needle-phobic. By pairing syringe and autoinjector in one system, EcoSafe® simplifies treatment delivery, enhances safety, and broadens accessibility across most patient groups, ensuring confidence in every dose.
The need for drug delivery systems that enable successful, intuitive self-administration is growing. Patient self-administration helps pressurised healthcare systems cope better with staff shortages, reducing time spent on administering drugs – as well as the associated costs and carbon footprint.
Owen Mumford’s EcoSafe® safety syringe responds to this need with a device that is easy to use, safe (through passive needle shielding), cost-effective, and low waste (5g disposable weight). The syringe allows safe, independent self-administration for the majority of patients.
However, for sensitive patient groups with practical, cognitive and emotional challenges (such as needle-phobia or loss of dexterity), a safety syringe may not be sufficient. These patients require nurse visits or hospital trips, an unnecessary activity increasing the risk of non-adherence, healthcare costs and carbon emissions – through increased road transport, for instance.
To address this sensitive patient group, Owen Mumford has extended usability of the established EcoSafe® safety syringe with a reusable autoinjector – designed as a ‘companion’ to the 1mL safety syringe. EcoSafe®’s conceptual breakthrough is that the safety syringe acts as the ‘cartridge’ component of the reusable autoinjector. This ‘wrap-around solution’ offers a calmer, more confident injection experience for sensitive patients – without pushing up costs or generating unsustainable plastic waste and carbon emissions.
A peer-reviewed ISO Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), conducted by Pré Consulting, determined the reusable autoinjector’s impact from cradle to grave. The LCA confirmed a significant reduction in carbon footprint and plastic waste over time, especially as the number of uses increase.
Mark Glass, Director, Pharmaceutical Services at Owen Mumford, says, “The EcoSafe® safety syringe already has a strong foothold in the market, with its intuitive, spring-free design and passive safety features. The addition of a reusable autoinjector completes the solution, offering a safety net to patients who struggle to self-inject. As the only safety syringe platform with a reusable companion autoinjector, EcoSafe® has the potential to simplify procurement, training and administration – meeting the needs of all patients with a single product family.”
Join Owen Mumford at CPHI from the 28th to the 30th of October.
Find the team at Booth #8.0C37.
For more information on EcoSafe®, visit our dedicated page or contact info@owenmumford.com.
Source: Owen Mumford