Email: wilbur@medspray.com
Wilbur de Kruijf is an employee and shareholder of Medspray BV, the Netherlands, Secretary of MAD Foundation, a Dutch aerosol science think tank, Member of the device working group of the IPAC-RS consortium
Keywords of expertise: 1. Liquid aerosol device development, 2. Multi dose liquid inhalers, 3. Drug delivery device design, 4. Human factors engineering
Golden Paragraph: Wilbur de Kruijf is responsible for new business development at Medspray, the Netherlands. Medspray develops novel metered dose liquid inhalers and eye spray devices, based on their proprietary micro nano technology spray nozzles. Wilbur joined Medspray in 2006 to start up device development in collaboration with Medspray’s device partners. Wilbur (born in 1971) has a background in Industrial Design Engineering (M.Sc. Design Engineering 1995, M.Sc. Advanced Industrial Design Engineering 1997, Delft University of Technology) with further specialisation in medical device development (acc. ISO 13485), design for six sigma and user centred design. Before joining Medspray, Wilbur worked almost 10 years for a Dutch design consultancy firm, Indes, winning several international design and usability awards for homecare & rehab products and hospital equipment. Wilbur is active in the IPAC-RS consortium’s device work group and he is the secretary of the Dutch medical aerosol scientist network ‘MAD Foundation’, organising two lecture and discussion events yearly on aerosols in medicine. MAD foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary with ‘MAD#40’ in November 2016, see also www.stichtingmad.nl