Robot System Safety in Medical Manufacturing

Industrial manufacturing of medical products presents distinct challenges. This is particularly true for manufacturing of injectable drug products, which requires minimizing contamination to ensure the safety of patients and personnel as well as the quality of the product. In order to meet these challenges, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly implementing Advanced Aseptic Processing (AAP) systems. These systems utilize advanced automation, restricted access barrier systems (RABS), isolator-barrier systems, and robotics, with the goal of restricting operator access to the product and to critical areas of manufacturing machinery.