Today is Sustainability Day in the Netherlands. 🌱
Sustainability Day highlights practical progress. Thom shares examples of how hospitals and midwives are reducing waste and choosing reusable alternatives in everyday healthcare…
We develop reusable medical devices for more sustainable, accessible care.
Starting with vela™, a handheld reusable vacuum extractor for assisted vaginal birth.
Rethinking vacuum-assisted birth.
vela™ is the world’s first handheld reusable vacuum extractor for assisted vaginal birth. Designed for clinicians and patients, it combines a compact format with an ergonomic handle, without requiring a separate electric pump.
With vela™, we aim to reduce reliance on single-use devices and contribute to more sustainable, accessible maternity care.
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Sustainability Day highlights practical progress. Thom shares examples of how hospitals and midwives are reducing waste and choosing reusable alternatives in everyday healthcare…
LAYCO doet mee aan het Scaling Readiness Program, samen met drie andere ondernemingen. Het traject combineert masterclasses en coaching om duurzame groei te ondersteunen…
Together with PATH and AIIMS Gorakhpur, we’re exploring how vela™ could support maternal care in Uttar Pradesh. Healthcare professionals are sharing their experiences through a usability study…
For her thesis at LAYCO, Anneloor explored how to introduce a reusable medical device safely into clinical practice. Her findings helped refine vela™ training materials and an implementation blueprint…
With the team at Kaakchirurgie Slotervaart, we filmed a practical guide to preparing, cleaning and sterilising vela™. The video will help healthcare teams understand each step before the device’s next use…
Following Eva’s PhD defence at Amsterdam UMC, Dieuwertje reflects on sustainable healthcare research and practical steps that can already help reduce the environmental impact of care…
We are a spin-off from the Surgery for All research group at the Technical University Delft, that’s why it is in our DNA to create impact. We are on a mission with our reusable medical devices to increase global access to healthcare while reducing the environmental impact of the healthcare industry
According to the WHO, access to high-quality assisted vaginal birth is an integral part of the provision of emergency obstetric care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. Together with obstetricians worldwide, we developed vela™ , an obstetric vacuum extractor developed for use in every emergency obstetric care setting.
As LAYCO we are committed to contributing to Sustainable Development Goal 3 as we can specifically support to achieve:
We do this by offering our products for a discounted pricing in countries where these targets have not been reached.
We design reusable devices that reduce CO2 emissions and biomedical waste. Instead of discarding a new device after every procedure, vela™ is cleaned, sterilised and used again. Our preliminary analysis points to substantially lower emissions and waste per procedure. A full life cycle assessment based on measured hospital data will follow after market introduction.
We are committed to increasing global access to healthcare by providing our products via dedicated distributors and international organisations. We are open to discussing opportunities. Do you want to learn more?
