SubscribeFast, Accurate Raw Material Verification
Manufacturing facilities continually strive to streamline processes, reduce costs and maximize the value of their tools and materials, while maintaining the required quality and safety standards.
With Ahura Scientific's TruScan, quality control managers can now obtain fast, accurate material verification -- typically in less than 30 seconds -- with the ease and convenience of a portable Raman spectrometer. This cost-effective solution allows users to quickly develop methods, enabling immediate release of raw materials into production. Further, TruScan is designed to meet the stringent requirements of current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and 21 CFR Part 11-compliant environments.
The TruScan advantage:
- On-the-spot results
- Fast method development and validation
- Greatly reduces overhead and per-analysis costs
- Releases raw materials into production quickly
- Non-contact analysis for improved operator safety
- Reduces risk of contamination
Innovations in Raman Spectroscopy
For decades, analytical laboratories have used Raman spectroscopy for chemical identification. Raman is very well-suited for pharmaceutical applications such as raw material verification due to extremely high molecular selectivity and the ability to sample through glass and plastic containers.
With TruScan, Ahura Scientific has taken this proven technology and -- for the first time -- enabled Raman sampling to take place at the point of inspection. Advanced decision-making algorithms and an integrated workflow are combined in a rugged, miniaturized handheld Raman system for the ideal material verification instrument.
 | The exquisite selectivity of Raman spectroscopy enables TruScan to discriminate very similar molecules, including different hydrates and polymorphs, as well as more routine pharmaceutical excipients and common industrial chemicals |
Handheld Chemical Analyzer
Raman Spectroscopy for Accurate, Rapid Material Verification
From raw materials and intermediates to finished products, the handheld, ergonomically-designed TruScan performs in situ sampling and immediate material verification anywhere it's needed. Confirming the chemical authenticity of materials has never been this easy, fast, safe and efficient.
A simpler, safer sampling technique
In just seconds and with the push of button, TruScan delivers results -- without sample preparation, special handling or consumables. The TruScan laser penetrates containers and packaging typically used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, dramatically reducing the time and costs associated with conventional sampling methods and laboratory analysis. TruScan also eliminates the need for quarantine areas and clean rooms, even for verifying high-potency Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs).
Instant analysis for real-time release
Ahura's DecisionEngine™ embedded analysis software delivers a "pass/fail" decision -- quickly verifying or denying the identity of a given sample -- typically within 30 seconds. This enables near real-time release of material and supports the drive toward lean manufacturing.
Rapid, cost-effective method development
Method development for TruScan is typically completed with just a handful of samples. Administrators can easily create additional methods at any time via an intuitive user interface, eliminating the laborious and expensive custom analysis required by other technologies.
Low cost of ownership
TruScan will quickly impact operations, saving time and reducing overhead costs. Required warehouse space is reduced by lowering or eliminating quarantine areas and fast raw material verification enables just-in-time (JIT) deliveries. Delivery identification testing is performed and raw materials are accepted and approved in real time, as opposed to laboratory turnaround time. In addition, there are no reagents or consumables required for TruScan.
 TruScan's easy, point-and-shoot operation enables fast sampling and reduces operator risk |  TruScan eliminates the inconsistencies and errors of subjective data interpretation with unmistakably clear results |
Compliance
TruScan was designed for use in 21 CFR Part 11-compliant environments and meets the following:
- USP <1120> - Raman Spectrophotometry
- ASTM E1840 - Standard Guide for Raman Shift Standards for Spectrometer Calibration
- NIST SRM2241 - Response standard for Raman spectrometers using 785 nm excitation
- WEEE and RoHS-compliant
- CE, UL and CSA listed
- Intrinsically Safe Certified for Class 1, Division I, Groups A-D, T3C
Contact Ahura Scientific for more information about the following applications:
- Counterfeit identification
- Food safety
- Process troubleshooting
- Final material inspection
- Hazardous chemical identification