Smart Menstrual Cup.
CHALLENGEOver 750 billion pads and tampons are dumped annually, and take 500–800 years to biodegrade. While menstrual cups are more sustainable, women find them inconvenient due to size, insertion, and cleaning pain points.
APPROACHInSpire is a connected system combining a spiral-structured smart menstrual cup for easier insertion/removal, a portable UV sterilizer for quick cleaning, and a health app that tracks cycle data from embedded sensors. This design balances sustainability, convenience, and digital health insights.
IMPACTInSpire makes menstrual cups more adoptable, sustainable, and empowering, eliminating billions of disposables while introducing real-time health tracking. By solving usability barriers, it reframes menstrual care as both eco-friendly and smart, positioning FemTech as a driver of global sustainability and women’s health innovation.
