Christof Schäfauer, PhD

Specialist in Medical Device Innovation and New Product Development

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

About

more than 17 years’ experience in new product development in the medical device industry.

Experience

  • Head of R&D at DIAGAST
    Nov 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Manager R&D - Point-of-Care at Stago
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    The Stago Group is the world leader in Haemostasis and Thrombosis and expanding the product portfolio to Easy-To-Use Portable Blood Analyser, also known as Point of care (POC) testing. POC testing devices employed remotely enable doctors to see in near-real time vital information about their patients outside of a laboratory setting. The implementation of POC testing is useful for value-based healthcare where there is a need for more convenient diagnosis, accurate monitoring, early detection and the prevention and management of chronic conditions. My mission is to put on the market innovative Point-of-care testing products that address the clinical issues of haemostasis and to ensure the most cost-effective performance of our R&D department by shorten the time to market.

  • Director of R&D Hardware at Mauna Kea Technologies
    Jul 2012 - Sep 2017 · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Mauna Kea Technologies is a development –stage company designing revolutionary, light-based, non-invasive medical technologies and devices to facilitate early diagnosis of major human diseases such as cancer, heart diseases or ophthalmologic pathologies. These instruments use perfectly harmless visible or infrared light and are thus part of what is now commonly referred to as “biomedical imaging”. MKT’s first focus for the medical market is an adjunct medical device capable of in vivo cellular imaging and specifically designed for optical biopsy or biopsy guidance via endoscopy.

  • Product Manager - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at KARL STORZ GmbH & Co KG
    Jan 2012 - Jul 2012 · 7 mos

    Managing complex product development projects in the progressing area of gastroenterology: Flexible Videoscopes, Imaging Processors, Light Sources & Accessories for the upper and lower GI. Coordinating development activities of an international & interdisciplinary multi-site team. Initiating new product ideas and new technical approaches.

  • Genewave (5 yrs 2 mos)
    • Manager R&D - IVD Development & Engineering
      Nov 2009 - Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Responsible for the Development & Engineering Department. QMS Implementation of Design Control. Genewave develops, manufactures and markets cutting-edge microarray instrumentation for the Molecular Diagnostic & Life Sciences markets. The Molecular Diagnostic market is addressed thanks to the GeneSpress® Platform that allows for a fast (2 hours), automated and multiplexed (up to 50 markers) analysis of a biological sample. Genewave is developing two diagnostics kits aimed at helping health professionals to fight Antibiotics Resistance. For the Life Science market, Genewave has developed two instruments that are in use by researchers and scientists across the world: - HybLIVE which is a fully automated real-time microarray hybridization imaging system, - DropLIVE is a real time amplification platform for low volume (1µL) applications

    • R&D Project Manager
      Nov 2006 - Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo