Latest readers technology: full regulation for medical devices

ID technology in other areas, after the success of the popular has started to enter the medical profession this emerging market, and gradually its enhanced patient safety protection and effective control of the costs of great potential.

Hospitals and clinics in medical device management, tracking supervision and transparent disclosure has been regarded as a priority. To this end, Ulrich Swiss companies in introducing Cognex vision system on the basis of In-Sight, successfully developed a Kenus system. But, after numerous clinical trials have proven that this system can make to aseptic surgical instruments implementing effective tracking control. This not only on the one hand for operating safety and central sterilization has set new standards, on the other hand also improves hospital cost center efficiency.

"Total recall" surgical instrumentation, hospital of the measures?

As with the aviation industry, due to mismanaged and cause loss of reputation, and any hospitals and clinics will be held at all cost, hard to stop.

For example, in order to identify the source of infection, even in patients undergoing surgery for a long time, the hospital management sector must ensure that the medical device recall at that time. Data show that in surgical equipment and instruments of capital investment, European clinics by size, amount varies: generally in 5 million-15 million euros. Typically, on a single instrument disinfection treatment costs of around € 1-1.5. Disinfection process, the most critical is a must on every instrument-by-track inspection. All instruments are placed in similar small bucket or a sieve-like filters, each can accommodate up to 50-100 pieces. All filters are printed with a barcode for clinic staff determine the Department's special equipment compartments placed into the correct filter. This unique identification technology can make the appropriate cost center can conduct detailed calculations. Now, hospitals and clinics Kenus system, benefiting from its Visual technology makes things much simpler.

In-Sight readers quality remarkable

Kenus system originally developed in the period, the company still use Ulrich "connecting the camera to a PC running reading software" old mode.

They are urgently looking for "how to make the system more powerful and flexible features," the answer to this challenge. Ultimately, Ulrich company decisions and Cognex Cognex the world's leading manufacturers of machine vision system. The Cognex vision system of In-Sight 5400S, not only improving the overall quality of Kenus system, more simplified procedures. Previously available only with PC system, In-Sight 5400S can easily fit the vision system.

This stainless steel vision sensor In-Sight 5400S, ideal in very poor condition.

The product has reached the IP68 protection level (NEMA 6P), means that even in the disinfection and hygiene in the most demanding conditions are safe to use. In-Sight 5400S high-resolution guarantee a barcode reader, powerful integrated processor provides faster reading code rate. It machine vision tools, such as IDMax reads can be enhanced. Handheld readers identify barcodes for each filter. Clinic staff as long as you can through the workstation monitor on each filter, you can mount the medical device directives. Human negligence caused by a mistake, can be significantly reduced. Only the specific instruments and filter corresponds to be identified; every recognition is successful, the monitor will display immediately. In-Sight 5400S readers the same encoding does not duplicate registration, then to avoid a repeat. The medical device management process tracking control for Central sterilisation system to ensure that each filter mount with corresponding equipment correctly. In dealing with damages, etc. on the issue of complaints, it will be a key security and judicial evidence. In addition, a clear recognition and file information, as well as future advance planning and improved ready.

Micro component precision testing experts

Each instrument has printed two-dimensional anti-counterfeit markup codes DataMatrix, 100% reliability.

Each of the two-dimensional code contains the details of the instrument, so that you can use to track equipment. Bits will matrix code point combat equipment surface concave point, you can prevent damage to the two-dimensional code and improve its quality. That means preventing corrosion instrument surface disinfectant chemical reaction, causing rust caused damage bar codes. Kenus system minimum matrix code size 0.8 mm long, 1.6 mm wide, thus fully marked and identify the most subtle clinics. Unlike other types of parts marking, DataMatrix codes can be very small area recorded a great deal of information, and still be able to read and get reliable authentication.

DataMatrix codes marked with two-dimensional allows each instrument has a permanent record, this record can provide the equipment detailed document and correct storage appliances.

These are saved to find an instrument must be searched through several filters to achieve effective use of trouble and save costs; but also for future planning work provides the equipment utilization data. This system includes In-Sight Explorer 3.1 development environment, software tool, this tool is our challenge to machine vision tasks provide a saving time and special application solutions, and can easily be integrated into the quality management program.

Read rate — 40 products/sec

Kenus system module structure including bar code labeling, barcode reading, and to filter, instrumentation class overall management of surgical instruments.

Combines the Kenus system full cost accounting, so that the instrument management clinics more to meet individual requirements. Ulrich Swiss companies not only to its positioning in the bar code labeling, barcode reader and management software vendor, is a construction and design management software expert partners. Data management functions help staff a clear grasp of the instrument disinfection and the use of frequencies. For example, barcode reads can meanShows a pair of scissors are used too frequently, you do not need to re-acceptance and ground. Successfully identified, in the monitor on a sound and image. No need to mount the equipment with the readers of precision positioning, it can automatically detect the matrix code items area. Read rate of around 40 products per second. Combined with Cognex's In-Sight Kenus system 5400S of greatly improving the overall performance and quality. The most intuitive reflect is the large number of clinics now have their system upgrades and expansion.