Nine Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) students from the TU Delft took on the challenge! They redesigned the urine meter with a focus on circularity, as part of the Product Futures course during the last semester. This project was carried out in collaboration with the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Erasmus MC.

The students began by analysing the current use of the urine meter from both an environmental perspective and a workflow standpoint. Special attention was given to the time nurses spend using the device as well as ergonomic considerations.

Based on their findings, the students developed several circular redesigns of the urine meter. These concepts were evaluated and partially tested earlier this weer, together with ICU nurses.

Special thanks to ESCH-R PhD Jasper Klasen, ESCH-R Postdoc Ayşegül Özçelik, Lobke Hazelaar (Erasmus MC), ESCH-R PI Nicole Hunfeld, and Projectboard member and WP 5 lead Jan Carel Diehl for their valuable contributions to this project.