Medical device inspection
Guaranteed medical device integrity to ensure the total safety of patients.
Like the pharmaceutical industry, medical devices require correct and accurate inspection to ensure potentially damaging products are not replacing the genuine article and causing harm to patients. Each medical device item must be thoroughly inspected according to company standards and patient safety requirements.
Our extensive knowledge of inspection systems within the pharmaceutical industry can be applied to medical devices to ensure uncompromised product safety and control. As a world leader in inspection system technologies, we can ensure the safe integrity of all medical devices.
Which control
do we perform?
OUR INSPECTION CONTROLS ON MEDICAL DEVICES
We support you in providing the safest medical devices.
TOTAL INSPECTION
FOR 100% SAFETY
We provide a full suite of in-line and offline solutions designed to control product compliance and integrity by checking features such as dimension, surface or material defects, color inspection and even position detection in order to guide pick and place systems.
In-line and offline systems to check of any fault of container and content across all steps of the packaging process. The range of controls can include the presence of foreign items/avoid missing items within the container, as well as dimensional checks on package and items. Inspection solutions can be installed both as a standalone, semi-automatic station and on automatic packaging lines.
MAKE YOUR PACKAGING
SAFE AND SOUND
The AV Packaging Integrity Control solution is easily integrable in thermoforming machines or can be supplied in an offline stand-alone unit. It checks for the presence, shape, color and integrity of all medical devices before sealing each product with specific controls for each package and product variable.
It can be integrated into the Antares Vision architecture and therefore with all traditional line controls as well as the AV Printing Inspector suite and all our Track & Trace systems.
FEATURES:
The AV Packaging Integrity Control, manageable by up to five user login levels and works with any kind of product and material such plastic, glass, metal, and paper. The system inspects a wide range of features such as: colorr, shape, presence and integrity on up to 12 trays, each one containing up to 40 different check areas. The AV Packaging Integrity Control can ensure the highest reliability thanks to the real time-embedded technology.
- Smart and efficient due to a wizard tool that guides the operator along the phases of format creation.
- Illumination, product color selection and positioning are completely automatically optimized.
- It has a user-friendly interface and provides advanced statistical analysis with detailed reject typology identification.
TOTAL INSPECTION OF
YOUR PRINTING
The AV Printing Inspector is a suite of high performance cameras and software modules designed to assure full control of the printing process. The architecture is completely scalable to match the increasing inspection needs that may arise in time, thus assuring a long-term investment. Supported by a wide range of camera models, the AV Printing Inspector controls everything from the traditional barcode and OCR/OCV verification of variable data such as expiry date and lot number, to the complete inspection of all the printing layouts.
TOTAL INSPECTION
OF YOUR PRINTING
The AV Printing Inspector is a suite of high performance cameras and software modules designed to assure full control of the printing process. The architecture is completely scalable to match the increasing inspection needs that may arise in time, thus assuring a long-term investment. Supported by a wide range of camera models, the AV Printing Inspector controls everything from the traditional barcode and OCR/OCV verification of variable data such as expiry date and lot number, to the complete inspection of all the printing layouts.
It can also be equipped with Linescan technology which is based on a linear sensor that is synchronized with an encoder and the camera reconstructs the image line by line. A seamless image is therefore reconstructed and the printing on demand foil is continuously inspected.
FEATURES:
- High performance: the image processors, to cope the most demanding applications, based on a real-time operating system and parallel computing.
- Modular and scalable: the software is designed for 100% control of printed material such as foils, cartons, tubes and leaflets depending on inspection needs.
- Unique: thanks to a special patented algorithm that automatically calculates the inspection parameters, the reference image can be imported directly from the original PDF file.
AV PRINTING INSPECTOR HIGHLIGHTS:
AV Printing Inspector is composed by four software modules to meet all inspecton requirements in the packaging line, to optimize performances and value for money.
1) TOTAL LAYOUT CONTROL
This software is designed for 100% control of printed material such as foils, but also cartons, tubes and leaflets depending on the inspection needs. The high resolutions provided by linescan cameras detects even the smallest printing defects, such as the one derived from the clogging of individual nozzles during online printing.
Available controls: logo, critical printing areas, variable data, OCR/OCV, 1 and 2D codes
PDF file import: the reference image can be imported directly from the original file
Automatic detection and tracking of the controlled items: to avoid false rejects
Typical detected items: spots, stains, smears, poor printing, light or dark lines, missing lines
2) PRINT QUALITY CONTROL
This software is designed to assure integrity of fixed and variable data and 1&2D codes on packaging materials such as cartons or labels.
Available controls: serialized, variable and fixed data, OCR/OCV, 1&2D codes and Pharmacode
OCR/OCV: detects missing, mismatched or different fonts comparing with the learning conditions
Translations compensation: it compensates vertical, horizontal and rotary translations (±10°)
Reading and recognition reliability: it is ensured with all printing technologies on any type of support
3) EASY CHECK
A sophisticated imaging library of algorithms performs the physical controls on the cartons.
Flaps closure: detects not perfectly closed cartons before the next printing stage avoiding machine jamming and improving the throughput of Track & Trace process
Label and seal verification: it verifies presence, correct application and positioning on the carton
Easy to use: custom controls can be easily configured according to Customer requirements
4) CODE READER
An efficient and easy to use software to read all 1&2D barcodes which is typically coupled with a smart camera to obtain areliable controls at unbeatable costs.
Supported by a wide range of camera models, our labelling and printing inspection solutions can perform a wide range of checks:
OCR/OCV verification of variable data (eg. expiry date, batch/lot number), print layout verification, print quality control, label integrity and position, code reading, full web inspection.
100% SAMPLE
VERIFICATION
Based on a sophisticated software able to import and process the original PDF files, the AV Printing Sample Check compares them with the physical printed samples, automatically detecting and outlining the differences. The AV Printing Sample Check works off-line acquiring images of the printed samples with a high-quality scanner station. This ensures the most reliable performances with a fast scanning tool that can give objective results from sample-to-file comparison.
Advanced but very simple to use algorithms automatically align the master and the analyzed images, compensating the physiological deformation of the support and thus avoiding false mistakes. Every mismatch, such as character types, colors, stretches, scratches, streaks or dots, is clearly outlined on the pc screen, thus easing the detection of the printing problem. The report of comparison is immediately available in a file ready to be printed, stored or transferred to the quality system, saving hours of man-labor and therefore improving control reliability and accuracy.
FEATURES:
The system, manageable by different user login levels, can be used on folding cartons, information leaflets, labels and foil with any printing type: Offset, Flexographic, Rotogravure, Digital, Screen printing. It has a 360° high accurate inspection range: from shape and color to barcode and OCR/OCV.
- The system is smart and efficient because it has a simple and fast procedure that guides the operator along the main phases from the acquisition of the image to the reporting.
- It gives fast and objective results through advanced reporting that helps locate possible errors in the printing process.
- It ensures a simultaneous acquisition and verification on a batch queue and can focus control on the most critical areas.
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