After a fellow nurse on her unit went on medical leave due to carpal tunnel, Veronica Pellegrino, an orthopedic nurse, decided to address a routine but overlooked challenge in care: opening blister pill packs.

At the bedside, this task is repeated hundreds of times a day. It is time-consuming, physically demanding, and a known contributor to repetitive strain injuries, one of the most common risks nurses face.

At the same time, more than 260 million Americans take medication daily, making this a shared frustration far beyond the hospital.

Existing tools were not designed for clinical environments, nor for the realities of everyday use. So Veronica built one that was.

Popsy was created to bring safety, efficiency, and ease to a task that had long been accepted as unavoidable.