Semi-Automated meniscal implants Monitored Assembly Smart-Benches
Market
Implantable medical device for meniscus surgery
Meniscal absorbable implants for meniscus repair
Customer meniscal products are distributed worldwide
Customer
International group specialized in medical devices
The assembly line, consisting of two separate Smart-Benches, is installed in a cleanroom, in a unit dedicated to medical device production
The facility produces various medical devices with small and medium batch sizes
The Smart-Benches, are used to assemble and control up to 300 thousand meniscal repairs kits per year
The customer acquired the line to:
- Ensure the production of its new, and recently validated, meniscal repairs device
- Insure a high level of quality, robustness and assembly time
Project main requests and constraints
Very variable batches sizes (from unit up to few hundred)
3 products variants (base material changes)
Parts size: L = 4.49 x l = 1.28 mm x H 1.69 mm
Monitored Assembly Smart-Benches to facilitate and secure the operations carried out by the operators
User-friendly interface with magnification and video control
Limited floor space in an existing cleanroom
Monitored Assembly Smart-Bench #1 main specifications
Insertion of suture through the meniscal implant:
- Meniscal implant feeding from bulk, pre-sorting and orienting with specific feeder
- Automated insertion of the meniscal implant in a dedicated work-piece-holder
- Manual insertion of the needle with the suture, inside the meniscal implant
- Automated needle and suture gripping and pulling, with monitored force, through the meniscal implant
- Final visual inspection through magnification vision system
Monitored Assembly Smart-Bench #2 main specifications
Suture tying and positioning around the meniscal implant:
- Meniscal implant feeding from bulk, pre-sorting and orienting with specific feeder
- Automated insertion of the meniscal implant in a dedicated work-piece-holder
- Manual insertion of the suture, through the meniscal implant
- Manual pre-tying of the suture
- Automated final tying of the suture with monitored force
- Final visual inspection through magnification vision system
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