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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Fred Eric Gray, Mesa, AZ (US);
Justin Miller, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);
Marla Meyer, Tempe, AZ (US);
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
A syringe inspection device and method for determining the position of a cannula in a cannula shield attached to a syringe. An electromagnetic radiation emitter is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation having a propagation axis. An electromagnetic radiation detector has an inspection window defined by a beam restrictor. A mount is configured to releasably retain the syringe between the emitter and the detector such that a longitudinal axis of the syringe is substantially coincident with the propagation axis. An image analyzer is operatively coupled to the detector. The image analyzer is configured to produce a syringe rejection signal when the cannula is irradiated and an electromagnetic image in the inspection window has two or less distinctly separate objects based on a contiguity of pixels having substantially like-valued intensity.