Case Study: Fedegari Autoclavi achieves reliable, upgradable medical sterilization control with Wind River VxWorks

Fedegari Autoclavi prolongs sterilizer life with Wind River's VxWorks

Fedegari Autoclavi, a leading vendor of medical sterilizing equipment, faced the challenge of developing a robust and versatile real-time process controller. Their objective was to have this controller operate on commercial off-the-shelf hardware to achieve lower cost and greater flexibility without compromising on performance, which is critical for complying with stringent international standards. To meet this challenge, they partnered with vendor Wind River.

Wind River implemented its VxWorks real-time operating system to provide the stable architecture required for reliable monitoring and adjustment of sterilization processes. This solution provided Fedegari with the flexibility to create new control modules for specific customer needs and to update sterilizer performance via software, thereby prolonging the useful life of their machines. The results included a reliable, easily upgradable control system that ensures consistent performance for drug and medical device sterilizers.

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