The specialist newspaper K-Zeitung from Giesel Verlag GmbH reports on the BlueLavage® in the article "Medical technology manufacturer relies on measurement service providers".
When developing and monitoring the production of the Bluelavage medical rinsing system, UTK Solution uses Lometec`s measurement services.
In order to constantly keep an eye on the high quality criteria and ultimately also to be able to meet them, UTK relied on digitization from the start with this product for medical technology - and that also in the 3D measurement technology, the measurement service provider Lometec is responsible for. UTK has made a name for itself in the product development and manufacture of plastic components. With the medical product Bluelavage, for example, the Lüdenscheid-based company has developed a sustainable, sterile single-use rinsing system that is needed day in and day out in orthopedics and trauma surgery.
Bluelavage is made entirely of plastic
No metal parts are used with Bluelavage , the system is made entirely of plastic and can therefore be disposed of as plastic waste. Also, no batteries are required for operation. For this, UTK was awarded the efficiency prize of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2019. "We solve our customers` problems and accompany them from the first technical concepts to the production and approval of high-precision medical products," says Managing Director Olaf Thiessies, outlining the range of services at UTK.
UTK is also involved in a collaborative project between four companies from Lüdenscheid and Kierspe that produces antibacterial and compostable Face Shields:
With Lometec based in Kamen, UTK has found a partner who has various methods for 3D digitization. UTK was already supported by Lometec during the development phase of the flushing system, which as an assembly consists of a total of 26 individual parts: Each individual component was created using 3D scanning in the Lometc laboratory measured and documented. Stripe patterns were projected onto the surfaces of the Bluelavage components and captured by two cameras based on the stereo camera principle. Since the beam paths of both cameras and the projector are known in advance through appropriate calibration, 3D coordinate points can be calculated from the three different beam sections. In this way, the part geometry can be precisely recorded and documented. The result is complete measurement data with no holes or erroneous points. This measuring technology is particularly suitable for complex plastic components.