As medical device manufacturers demand efficiency and FDA demands consistency, packaging engineers are under more pressure than ever to have their test methods operate cost-effectively and under control. In recent years, medical device packaging engineers have begun to understand the value of nondestructive package-testing devices. Nondestructive methods reduce waste, promote efficiency and, depending on how they are applied, can be used to check every package, rather than a mere sampling of an entire lot. It could also replace the destructive tests, which you can only do on surplus or on empty packaging.
Destructive tests have other limitations, from sensitivity to overall messiness.
Or at the very least, it could be a validated way to do a sampling. The device worked by introducing helium into a package and scanning the seal with a sampling probe. By showing how much helium escaped, the device could pinpoint the size of channel leaks. It was a highly automated system and incorporated data collection features for validation. Unfortunately, the slow sales forced True Technology to cease operations in July.