The aim of the Innovation Booster Project was to select the sensor technology for a visual inspection of the transparent Thoratec blood pump. The visual inspection will be fully integrated into an automated assembly process which includes a quality decision with a zero tolerance for wrong pass-fail decisions. Besides the financial help, the experts from the Innovation Booster Photonics supported us to evaluate and test the sensors to find a feasible solution for the automated visual inspection process. The results are very promising, and we will continue with a full development project.

Research partner:
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Implementation partner:
Thoratec Switzerland GmbH, part of Abbott Laboratories