Packaging Solution Of Nasopharyngeal Swab For Nucleic Acid Detection

Nasopharyngeal swab packaging liquid

The epidemic situation at home and abroad is still complex and severe. Short-term nucleic acid testing has proved to be a necessary travel pass for everyone. The public’s demand for nucleic acid detection is also increasing. Nasal/pharyngeal swabs, as the most critical sampling method for diagnosing NIV infection. Have been developing rapidly in the past few years, and the market demand has been rising simultaneously.

Topstar has designed an encapsulation solution for nucleic acid detection of nasopharyngeal swabs

In order to solve the problem of high labor costs and low production efficiency of nose/throat swab packaging. At the beginning of 2021, Topstar will use the process and handling equipment required by the nucleic acid detection nose/throat swab production process. A packaging solution for nucleic acid detection of nasopharyngeal swabs was designed to meet the needs of the medical industry. Currently, the solution has been applied to many medical industry companies. Helping the production line realize automation and flexible production.

Manual cutting, loading, and unloading is the initial production form of the nasal/pharyngeal swab processing and packaging line. Workers take out the entire swab from the equipment and cut the edge material of the swab. Then put it back to the packaging line, which is completed manually by 6-7 people. In this way, not only is the demand for labor high. And workers need to repeat a single operation for a long time. This is inefficient and unstable in quality. This makes it challenging to meet the demand for high production and quality production. At the same time, enterprises are faced with the dilemma of high labor costs and staff turnover. And the automation upgrade of the production line has become an urgent demand for manufacturing enterprises.

It applies to the self-developed Topstar series SCARA robot.

The poster nucleic acid detection nose/throat swab packaging solution is applicable to the Topstar series SCARA robot independently developed. Instead of loading and unloading manually. At the same time, it has a cutting mechanism for the swab edge material cutting, without manual cutting. Effectively improve product consistency under materials. With the robot + cutting mechanism, the process that initially required only 2-3 workers can quickly complete 6-7 workers.

In addition, the Topstar SCARA robot repeats positioning accuracy ± 0.015mm. Every 2.5 seconds and can complete one material clamping and placement. Compared with manual work, high precision and high speed can significantly improve the production efficiency and stability of the production line. Automate the production and packaging process of nose/throat swabs.

This production line into the Topstar nucleic acid detection nasal/pharyngeal swab packaging solutions can help manufacturers save 50% off labor costs, improve production efficiency by 10%, and have a project payback period of only three months. The program has been successfully applied to some medical industry enterprises. According to the needs of different enterprises, Topstar can also be customized for enterprise production lines, “can be copied, can be upgraded, universal” automation program to ensure cost-effective return on investment.