
Sustainability
Reduces raw material extraction used in the manufacture of new devices
Lowers volumes of plastics and metals going to landfill
Reduces harm to the atmosphere from incineration and energy consumption

Economy
Improves the cost effectiveness of hospital operations
Significantly reduces case-related expenditure for medical devices
Allows hospital management to redirect up to 50% of the cost of new devices into patient care and new technology

Quality
Manufactures and remanufactures medical devices and assumes full legal liabilities in the same way as any OEM
Meets or exceeds essential regulatory requirements of all relevant European medical device directives (CE marked); complies with all EU regulations
Tests for safety and quality through validated procedures
Company
Founded in 1998, VANGUARD AG is a Berlin-based medical technology company that develops CE certified, state-of-the-art, high-quality remanufactured single patient use medical devices.

What we do
“Remanufacturing (also known as reprocessing) is a process carried out on a medical device in order to allow its safe reuse, including cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and related procedures, as well as testing and restoring the technical and functional safety of the devices.” (cf. Definition EU MDR 2017/745/EU)

Commercial remanufacturing of single use devices offers a solution to hospitals and healthcare systems to provide safe and effective patient care while lowering medical waste and reducing the cost of waste disposal.
Working with hospitals, surgical centres and healthcare systems, Vanguard collects used devices. These devices are then disassembled, cleaned, function-tested, repackaged and sterilised. Remanufactured devices meet or exceed the standards of the original manufacturer and are 100% traceable to enable quality control and accountability.

Vanguard AG
Landsberger Str. 266
12623 Berlin
Germany
Vanguard Medical Devices Limited
5 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1LG
UK
Customer Service
00800 82648273
service@vanguard.de
Notified Body
BSI Group The Netherlands B.V.
Notified Body CE 0086
ECM
Notified Body CE 0481