Sepha Ltd has launched BottleScan, said to be the world’s first tool-less, non-destructive, multi-bottle integrity tester for induction-sealed pharmaceutical bottles.
According to UK-based Sepha, BottleScan has been designed, developed and manufactured to use force decay technology to detect weak seals and defects down to 15 microns.
With its tool-less design, it can test up to four bottles simultaneously in a quick test cycle of approximately 60 seconds, producing objective ‘PASS/FAIL’ results enabling good bottles to be returned to the production line.
BottleScan has the ability to run in compliance with the US FDA’s 21CFR Part 11 regulation, offering pharmaceutical manufacturers and packagers a “more technologically advanced, accurate and efficient” solution for testing the integrity of induction-sealed bottles.
Paul Kelly, Sepha’s head of sales & marketing, says: “[BottleScan’s] tool-less design and configurable methods make it ideal for pharmaceutical lines running multiple products.
“Operator error is also eliminated as the quick, repeatable test provides objective data which is securely stored and can be built in to current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) and used as part of robust QA testing.”
Sepha Ltd was acquired in June 2013 by leading inspection and testing company TASI Group.
