Pilot
Maasstad Ziekenhuis is the first to test it.
A pilot is running at Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, where hospital staff test our cup during the medication round. Source (details and source)
In short
The pilot in three points.
- Running since April 2026Hospital staff test the cup in the real medication round.Source (details and source)
- A world first, to our knowledgeThis is based on our own literature and market research.Our own data (details and source)
- No patients yetStaff simulate patient use. A patient phase can follow later.
In partnership with
Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam.
The hospital announced the pilot itself, in its own press release (opens in a new tab). It describes what Maasstad wants to learn from the pilot.
How it went
From first conversation to the ward.
Preparing
Together with the hospital we chose the wards. We agreed what we wanted to learn and how the cups would fit into the existing medication round.
The kick-off
A handshake marked the official start of the pilot. The hospital announced the partnership itself, in a press release.
Staged photo, posed by nurses On the ward
Nurses and pharmacists test the cups on actual medication rounds and act out how patients use the cup. No patients are involved yet.
Staged photo Learning and improving
We regularly gather feedback from the wards. What we learn goes into the cup and into the next pilots. We will publish the results together with Maasstad, expected in early November 2026.
What we look at
What we watch for.
A pilot is about everyday practice. We test on a busy ward, not in a lab. So we mainly look at how the cup is used.
- Does the cup fit the dispensers and pill crushers on the ward?
- Does it stay firm during the round, even when it gets wet?
- How do nurses find working with the cup?
- How, and in which waste stream, does the ward dispose of the cup?
- What needs to improve before more wards switch?
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Sources and evidence
Everything we claim on this page, with the source, the conditions and the date we last checked it. Our own testing is marked as Internal test, plans as Goal. So you can check for yourself what each claim rests on.
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Source A pilot is running at Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, where hospital staff test our cup during the medication round.
- Source
- Maasstad Ziekenhuis press release, 9 April 2026
- Link
- maasstadziekenhuis.nl/nieuws/pilot-medicijncupjes (opens in a new tab)
- Conditions
- No patients take part yet. We share results only after the joint publication with Maasstad, expected in early November 2026.
- Status
- Source
- Last checked
- 8 October 2026
Our own data To our knowledge, our pilot at Maasstad Ziekenhuis is the first hospital pilot in the world with disposables made of bacterial cellulose.
- Source
- Maasstad Ziekenhuis press release (9 April 2026) and our own literature and market research
- Link
- maasstadziekenhuis.nl/nieuws/pilot-medicijncupjes (opens in a new tab)
- Conditions
- This is based on our own literature and market research.
- Status
- Our own data
- Last checked
- 25 August 2026