Impinj-Powered UHF Gen 2 RFID Solution Delivers Exceptional Results for Item Tagging of Pharmaceuticals
Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) chips and readers, today announced the results of a live demonstration conducted yesterday by the HealthCare Packaging division of Owens-Illinois (O-I) at the RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit in Washington, D.C..
Seattle, WA November 14, 2006 - Impinj, Inc., a leading provider of Gen 2 radio frequency identification (RFID) chips and readers, today announced the results of a live demonstration conducted yesterday by the HealthCare Packaging division of Owens-Illinois (O-I) at the RFID Health Care Industry Adoption Summit in Washington, D.C..
In pharmaceutical manufacturing and fill-line demonstrations, a near-field UHF Gen 2 RFID solution, comprising Impinj's Speedway™ reader and O-I's item-level embedded RFID tags powered by Impinj's Monza™ chips, achieved 100% reliability when reading and writing tags at high speed on pharmaceutical bottles. In the first demonstration, the UHF Gen 2 system programmed 96-bit EPC numbers at rates exceeding 600 tags per minute on bottles containing the four most common dose types — liquids, gel caps, solids and powder. In the second demonstration, the system developed by Impinj and O-I flawlessly read 600 tags per minute on cases containing 48 individually tagged bottles and a case-level tag.
"These results are a true breakthrough in item-level RFID implementation," said Michael Liard, Research Director, RFID & Contactless at ABI Research. "The demonstrations validate that a near-field UHF RFID solution exists and that it provides remarkable performance and reliability. The focus on RFID as part of the packaging, and not a standalone label attached to the packaging at the item-level in pharmaceuticals, is both innovative and exciting. With these solutions being made available, we can expect to see increased interest among pharmaceutical manufacturers and retailers evaluating item-level RFID."
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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