by Rebecca Walker — January 26, 2011—The latest biometric products from Lumidigm allow fingerprint access control even when wearing clear surgical gloves, making them suitable for hospital use, said the company.
The Lumidigm fingerprint solution will be featured at the HIMSS11 Exhibition, to be held February 21-23 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
Lumidigm Mercury multispectral imaging sensors capture fingerprint data beneath the surface of the skin so dryness or gloves create no problems for reliable reads. Using multiple wavelengths of light and advanced polarization techniques to extract unique fingerprint characteristics from both the surface and subsurface of the skin, Lumidigm’s sensors provide results that are more consistent, more inclusive and more tamper resistant than conventional biometric readers, according to Lumidigm.
Instead of each employee being issued a password, card or token, the Lumidigm biometric solution lets multiple users access the same workstation or medical device with nothing more than their finger. In most cases, the Lumidigm Mercury fingerprint sensors can be deployed simply, as the necessary infrastructure is typically already in place.
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