roughness, surface topography, and coating thickness mea- surements. The company claims the Q six is fully compliant with USA 21 CFR part 11 reporting requirements. Stent sizes can range from 1.5 to 15 mm in diameter, up to 100 mm in length. Lateral resolution is 0.1 µm and vertical resolution is 0.01 µm.
Their target markets are on-line inspection, process development, and industrial R&D. Laguarta said that the first deliveries of the system are expected to be in June 2014.
Flexibility, Throughput, Uniqueness
Given the wide range of potential biomedical devices and metrology solutions, perhaps there is no simple answer to what is best. This seems to be especially true for metrology systems designed for in-process control. “We offer measuring components such as transducers, measuring arm setups, and
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air gages. We also act as a gage builder, creating gage fixtures for biomedical devices,” said Gary Sicheneder manager of new business development for Marposs. “What we use truly depends on the application.”
Marposs has delivered metrology systems that measure both biomedical implants and surgical tools used to install them. Other items were check bearings on dentist drills and orthodontic devices. Flexibility is often needed because of the variability required of systems in the biomedical industry. “For example, we conceptualized a system to identify and inspect femoral implants,” he said. They were of various sizes and thicknesses. The contour of each was unique, different from each other. “They needed a flexible system and we quoted a laser-based system that we had adapted from an airfoil inspection system for the aero- space industry we had developed earlier,” he said. Perhaps measuring and inspection in biomedical devices is not so different after all. ME
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