User criteria and benefits:
- Truly passive system; easy to use sharps protection
- Efficient and permanent cover of the sharps
- Not possible to skip a crucial step to activate
- Needle sharps not exposed, before, during and after injection
- Does not require more time to use
- Clear view of syringe contents and access to syringe label
- Permanent and visual indication of activation
- Ergonomics appropriate for injection technique
Manufacturing perspective:
- Compact design, individually packed, requiring minimal space
- Product configuration suited for automated manipulations
- Colour coding on tamper-evident label, for in-line product detection by vision systems
- Does not require an additional assembly step (less investment compared to add-on systems)
- Own regulatory status as a medical device (time-to-market)
- Safety feature activation does not require interaction with the syringe; does not affect the syringe performance (e.g. dose accuracy)
- Provided by a global operating company with core competences in needle manufacturing
