Safety first for syringe packaging

Made by Sienna-based Corima, part of the Marchesini group, the APS200 is said to be the first Italian machine able to package safety devices such as the UltraSafe Passive Delivery System produced by Californian company Safety Syringes Inc.

A spring is automatically activated at the end of an injection, allowing the needle to be covered and eliminating the risk of the used syringe causing needlestick injuries to medical staff or to patients who self-inject.

The APS200 comes in two versions: 200 or 300, according to the number of items produced per minute. It inserts the ready-to-use syringes into the safety device, and a video camera checks that everything is assembled correctly; if just one of the supports is out of place, the mechanism is tripped and the syringe becomes unusable.

The APS can also process cylindrical safety devices with either a square or circular cross-section. Easily incorporated in existing lines downstream of the filling and labelling machines and upstream of the thermoformer, the APS is very versatile, the company says.