MSc Cases

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