Patients normally throw away their autoinjector, also known as an emergency pen, after use. With the YpsoMate Refill they can effortlessly return it to a Refill Hub via the pharmacy or post. In this hub, the auto-injector is disassembled and disinfected through an automated process, after which the pre-filled syringe is replaced. A quality check is also performed and the auto-injector is reassembled. The autoinjector is then sealed with a new drug-specific label, with a recognizable look for the user. The YpsoMate Refill was developed in collaboration with the Alliance to Zero.
The Alliance to Zero
Emma's graduation project is part of a broader initiative by The Alliance to Zero together with the IDE faculty that looks at possible circular strategies to reduce the environmental impact of car injectors. In addition to auto-injectors, other medical devices are also being examined within the Sustainable Hospital Fieldlab . In this way we are on our way to a more sustainable health care system.
YpsoMate Refill . Image: tudelft.nl
Emma Linders
She just completed her master's degree in Integrated Product Design at TU Delft and now works at the design agency npk design. Through her master's degree, she delved into sustainable design, with the ambition to design products that have a positive influence on both the user and nature.
Contact Professor Jan Carel Diehl for more information about the collaboration between IDE and The Alliance to Zero and the Sustainable Hospital Field lab.
For the complete article, click here.