Bridge Analyzers Enters the Pharmaceutical Sector by Becoming North American Distributor for Swedish Company Gasporox
The last few weeks have been very exciting for us at Bridge Analyzers. After a few weeks of discussion and negotiation, we are thrilled to become the North American distributor for Gasporox.
Gasporox is an exciting company driven by a highly skilled team, most of whom are from the Division of Atomic Physics at Lund University in Sweden. The Gasporox team has developed and commercialized the tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy technology for a number of applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries since 2005. Their laser based sensors can be integrated into inspection and/or production lines for 100% fast, reliable and accurate gas measurement. Best of all, Gasporox sensors are non-destructive to the package that is being measured.
Let’s take a quick look at the Gasporox product line we will be carrying.
GPX1500 Vial – Non-intrusive Headspace Gas Analyzer for Pharmaceutical Vials
The Gasporox GPX1500 Vial represents a new approach to headspace oxygen gas inspection – fast, accurate, non-intrusive and non-destructive, in tubular vials.
The GPX1500 Vial is a very compact and easy to use instrument used to accurately measure the headspace of pharmaceutical containers. It is designed to operate parameter free and is designed for highly reliable and accurate use in pharmaceutical production and lab settings. Change over to a different format does not require the operator to change any settings. It is designed for the vial format range 2R to 100R. It’s applicable for containers like tubular vials, ampoules, molded vials, clear glass or amber vials as well as plastic containers.
The system offers non-destructive at-line, storage or laboratory quality testing and leak detection allowing 100% inspection. The GPX1500 Vial edition allows quick, accurate and easy testing of pharmaceutical vials. The result is presented immediately on the touch screen. The non-destructive measurement lets you return the samples to the production line with no waste. The technology offers oxygen degradation investigations as well as stability trends and end of shelf-life studies.
GPX1500 Film Pharma – Non-intrusive Headspace Gas Analyzer for Pharmaceutical Bags and Pouches
The GPX1500 Film Pharma is a compact, easy to use instrument designed to easily and accurately measure the headspace of pharmaceutical bags and pouches. Like the GPX1500 Vial, it is designed to operate parameter free and is designed to for reliable and accurate use in pharmaceutical production and lab settings.
The IV-bag is easily placed on the instrument by the operator. The instrument is designed to be able to measure residual oxygen on small headspace volumes. The results are presented immediately on the instrument via the HMI touch screen. Single and continuous measurements can be done. The GPX1500 Film Pharma instrument supports many different pharmaceutical bags without need to change any parameter. It can measure both primary and secondary bags.
GPX1500 Film Food – Non-intrusive Headspace Gas Analyzer for Food Packages
The GPX1500 Film Food is very compact and easy to use.
The instrument’s non-destructive measurement abilities enable the user to return the samples to the production line with no waste, assuring savings in production costs. It is designed for non-destructive headspace gas concentration measurements in transparent food packages and pouches.
The GPX1500 Film Food designed to operate parameter-free enabling reliable quality control both at-line or in a laboratory. With a testing time below 10 seconds, it allows efficient testing of packages with high sampling frequency. The instrument is designed to be able to measure gas concentrations on small headspace volumes, with a minimum required headspace gas volume of 3 ml. It supports several types of transparent flexible packages, including sealed trays, thermoforms, bags, flow wraps, and many others, without the need for any special sample preparation or any parameter change. The GPX1500 Film Food can be used for shelf life studies, instant spot-checks at-line as well as long-term studies on packages. Both O2 and CO2 analyzers are available.
The operation of the instrument is very easy and straightforward. The package is placed on the instrument by the operator. The operator then lowers down the test head to touch the film. By pressing the measure button, the film is formed to access the headspace with the laser and the headspace gas concentration is measured. The gas concentration is displayed immediately on the HMI touch screen and logged internally. Single and continuous measurements can be done.
In Conclusion
Gasporox is a great addition to our portfolio of MAP Gas Analyzers, and it truly gets us into the pharmaceutical segment with a line of sensors designed specifically for Vial and IV Bag headspace gas analysis. We are glad to be the North American arm of the Gasporox team and look forward to working with them as we continue to pursue our goal of helping our customers optimize the quality and shelf-life of their products through quality gas analysis.