2026
Sustainable Trocar Development for Smart Insufflation – Emma Rens – TU Delft – Trocar, OR, Laproscopic Surgery
Refurbishment And Life Cycle Assessment Of The Da Vinci Robot Instruments – Colin Petersen – TU Delft – Robotic Surgery, Refurbishment, OR
Towards a Circular TAVI Procedure: A transition pathway for circularity in healthcare practice – Eleonore van Hees – TU Delft – Tavi, Intervention Cardiology, Reuse, Recycle
PlastIC Flow System: A Nurse-Centred Design intervention for Plastic Packaging Separation in ICU Care Routines – Manou Blijboom – TU Delft – ICU, Plastic Waste Separation, Packaging
Towards Circular High-Risk Medical Devices: Recycling TAVI Delivery Systems – Anna Statius Muller – TU Delft – Tavi, Intervention Cardiology, Recycle
Towards Sustainable Cooling: Designing Reusable Cooling Pads for ICU Patients – Cathelijn Bogers – TU Delft – ICU, Cooling Pads
Design for a reusable bicarbonate cartridge: A circular solution for hemodialysis – Josje Smulders – TU Delft – Hemodialysis, Reuse, Biocarbonate Cartridge
Reducing Drug Waste in Paediatric Intensive Care: Mapping Hotspots and Exploring Reduction Strategies- Jayanti Pos – TU Delft – PICU, Drug Waste
2025
Towards greener pulse oximetry Product design enabling a seamless transition towards more sustainable pediatric pulse oximetry at Reinier de Graaf GasthuisIrene Algra – TU Delft – Oxipulse Meter
Rewiring for Sustainability: A circular approach to the redesign of ECG lead sets to improve sustainability in healthcare – Tijmen Tonino – TU Delft – ECG Lead Sets
Applicability and Sustainability of Disinfection of Medical Consumables through UV-C Radiation – Indy Broekhuizen – TU Delft – UV-C, ICU
A Journey Towards Green Dialysis: Exploring technologies for sustainable dialysate production – Jan Tsai – TU Delft – Hemodialysis
Pumping up circularity: Design for the reusability of endovascular inflators – Pablo Yaniz Gonzalez – TU Delft – Inflator, Reuse, Intervention Radiology, Intervention Cardiology
Sensing a Sustainable Future: A Holistic Approach to Pulse Oximetery Product and System Design for Sustainable Medical Device Adoption – Fiene Kuiper – TU Delft – Oxipulse Meter
Circular Innovation in In-Hospital Patient Monitoring: Rethinking the End-to-End Value Chain for Sustainable Healthcare – J Badloe – TU Delft – Patient Monitoring
From Data to Action: Designing a data-driven tool for the ICU – Maartje Sonneveld – TU Delft – ICU
Designing circular strategies for the next-generation of insufflation – Jelle Schilperoord – TU Delft – OR, Laproscopic Surgery
Grasping Circularity in Endoscopy:A Hybrid Redesign of Biopsy Forceps – Alicia van Zeijl – TU Delft – Endoscopy, Forceps Hybrid
Circular Care: Improving the Environmental Impact of Infusion Bags in Hospitals – Han Buck – TU Delft – IV Bags, Recycling
Redesigning Medication Packaging: To be more sustainable for the Intensive Care Unit at Erasmus MC – Silke Rijcks – TU Delft – ICU, Medication, Packaging
Modular analysis of the environmental impact of clinical pathways in the paediatric intensive care unit: A proof of concept and case study – Mette Lindhout – TU Delft / erasmus MC – PICU, Pathways
Design for a reusable bicarbonate cartridge: A circular solution for hemodialysis – Josje Smulders – TU Delft – Hemodialysis, Reuse, Biocarbonate Cartridge
2024
Towards Greener Colonoscopy Identifying and Addressing Environmental Impact Hotspots – TU Delft – Ceyda Izci – Endoscopy – Product Journey
Towards Circular Endoscopy – A human centered design approach to waste segregation in colonoscopy procedures – TU Delft – Maria Sofia Clercx – Endoscopy, Waste Audit
Hybrid Phaco: Driving circularity in eye surgery with a semi-disposable phacoemulsification redesign – Lars Timmerman – TU Delft – Eye Surgery
Facilitating co-creation of environmentally sustainable healthcare solutions: A co-creation tool for healthcare workers at the Cardiology Department – Sacha Verburg – TU Delft – Co-creation, Cardiology
Circular design of a heart rate monitoring cable set – Jasper Schuddeboom – TU Delft – ECG
2023
Sustainable endoscopy: Redesigning the polyp trap – Meike Bloem – TU Delft – Endoscopy, Polyp Trap
Stimulating waste separation in the intensive care unit – Exploring opportunities for circular waste streams – Julia Pongratz – TU Delft – ICU, Waste
DrugWise: a sustainable approach towards reducing medicine waste in the operating rooms – Noor van Amelsfoort – TU Delft – OR, Medicine
Designing a sustainable transition in the MedTech industry: An analysis of the current challenges for the implementation of the circular economy on surgical devices like the single-use endocutter – Dorien van Dolderen – TU Delft – OR, Endocutter
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) in Radiology Workflow to drive Strategic Business Value of University Hospitals in the Netherlands. Hyelin Lee – TU Delft – Radiology, ESG
Insights into the Circular (re)Design of Medical Wearabale Sensors – Matthiijs Bult – TU Delft – Wearable Sensors
Material logistics infrastructure in a circular hospital – M. Arnoldy – Erasmus University Rotterdam – Hospital Logistics, Infrastructure
Reducing waste and carbon emissions of single-use medical devices by reprocessing auto-injectors – Mariana Osorio Escobar – TU Delft – Auto Injector
YpsoMate Refil: Concept design of a reusable self-injection device for the circular economy – TU Delft – Emma Linders – Auato Injector
The Road Towards a Circular Autoinjector – M Schuringa – TU Delft – Auto Injector
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Disposable and Reusable Absorbent Mats – B. Blank – TU Delft – Absorbent Mats
2022
Reducing the environmental impact of gloves used in the Intensive Care Unit: Towards greener ICUs – TU Delft – Lisanne van de Berg – ICU – Disposable gloves
Reducing the environmental impact of syringes in the Intensive Care Unit – TU Delft – Margot Honkoop – ICU, Syringes
Towards Circular ICUs. Reuse of intubation devices as a catalyst for systemic change – TU Delft – Alice Ville – ICU, Laryngoscope
Towards a Circular ICU – How to implement reusable video laryngoscopes at the Intensive Care – Vera Koot – TU Delft – ICU, Video Laryngoscope
Sustainable device selection for flexible intubation scopes – Joyce Duyndam – TU Delft – Intubation Scopes