Athena Security: Healthcare Weapons Detection Platform

A Layered Security Approach for Modern Hospitals

Athena’s healthcare platform goes well beyond a standard walk-through metal detector. It combines Hospital Visitor Management System, Ambulance Bay WDS,  Apollo 500 Concealed Weapons Detection System, Secondary Screening WDS, and AI-Assisted X-Ray Baggage Scanner into one connected platform — with workflows specifically built for hospital environments, including support for AB 2975, OSHA, and Cal/OSHA workplace violence prevention requirements.

What sets Athena apart in healthcare is solving the gaps other vendors miss — like screening patients arriving by ambulance on stretchers, integrating with Epic for patient and visitor context, and giving security operators more actionable data so they can make faster, smarter decisions at every entrance point.

Hospital Visitor Management System 

Hospitals face constant challenges around unauthorized access, visitor tracking, and protecting sensitive areas.

Athena Security’s Visitor Management System helps strengthen security through:

• Instant ID verification
• Visitor badge printing
• Watchlist alerts
• Real-time visitor tracking
• Access control integration
• Digital visitor records and reporting

The system helps hospitals improve visibility into who is on-site while protecting areas such as:

• Emergency departments
• Maternity wards
• Pharmacies
• Administrative offices

Our platform maintains full functionality offline while other visitor management systems fail during network outages. Your visitors still check in, badges print, and visitor data syncs when connectivity returns. Our Epic integration gives healthcare facilities PHI-compliant workflows.

Ambulance Bay Weapons Detection System (AB-WDS)

The ambulance bay remains one of the most overlooked vulnerabilities in hospital security. Traditional screening systems were never designed for patients arriving on stretchers.

Athena Security’s Ambulance Bay WDS was built specifically for this challenge.

The AB-WDS provides:

• Millimeter wave imaging technology
• Detection of metallic and non-metallic threats
• Screening while patients remain on stretchers
• AI-powered real-time threat analysis
• Intelligent filtering that ignores the stretcher itself
• Screening without interrupting patient care
• Single iPad-based operator control
• Digital documentation and chain-of-custody reporting

The platform works with Apollo 500, CEIA Opengate, Garrett, and Metrasens Ultra hardware, so you choose the system that fits your facility. Patented AI evasion detection catches bypass attempts at the ambulance bay entry. Every screening follows DHS best practices, documented automatically. 

Designed to operate in motion, helping hospitals improve safety without slowing emergency intake workflows.

Apollo 500 WDS

The Athena Security Apollo 500 is designed for busy hospital entrances where safety, speed, and patient experience all matter.

Key benefits include:

• AI-driven concealed weapons detection
• High throughput screening with minimal disruption (up to 3,600 people/hr)
• Reduced nuisance alarms from everyday items
• Faster entry experiences for visitors and staff 
• Improved visibility at critical hospital entrances
• Seamless integration into existing hospital workflows
• Adheres to Federal Detection Standards

Unlike traditional metal detectors, Apollo 500 helps hospitals maintain a welcoming environment while improving threat detection and operational efficiency.

Secondary Screening WDS 

First-of-Its-Kind Imaging Radar Technology for Secondary Screening of Bags, Boots, and Concealed Items

When a potential threat is identified, hospitals need a professional and discreet process to resolve alarms quickly and consistently.

Secondary screening helps hospitals:

• Verify alerts efficiently
• Reduce confusion during alarm resolution
• Maintain consistent screening procedures
• Improve accountability and documentation
• Support security staff decision-making
• Create a safer environment without escalating situations

The system is designed to assist officers with additional visual awareness while helping reduce unnecessary invasive searches and operational bottlenecks.

Secondary Screening WDS is designed to augment security officers by providing additional screening awareness while keeping final decisions in human hands.

AI-Assisted X-Ray Baggage Scanner

The Athena Security AI-Assisted X-Ray Baggage Scanner helps schools strengthen security operations through advanced AI-powered threat detection technology designed for high-throughput environments where safety, operational efficiency, and rapid threat identification are critical.

Detection Capabilities

• AI-assisted detection of concealed weapons, explosives, and prohibited items
• Designed to help identify both organic and inorganic threat materials
• Real-time image analysis to support faster threat identification and operator awareness
• Enhanced imaging controls including crop and zoom functionality

Operational Efficiency

• Integrates with existing X-ray baggage screening systems
• Supports high-throughput backpack, parcel, and event screening environments
• Automated conveyor belt stop functionality when potential threats are identified
• Built-in AI helps reduce operator fatigue and improve screening consistency

Reporting & Oversight

When potential threats are identified, operators receive real-time alerts and enhanced X-ray feed visibility through Apple iPad tablets. Every detection event supports improved operational awareness, incident reporting, analytics, and screening accountability.

Athena Telepresence Security Officer 

Project security personnel as life-sized holograms at hospital entrances, emergency departments, lobbies, and controlled access points, creating a visible security presence without requiring dedicated on-site staffing at every location.

Designed specifically for healthcare environments, the solution helps hospitals:

• Improve visitor guidance and communication
• Enhance security visibility at entrances
• Support after-hours access control
• Reduce staffing pressures
• Improve operational efficiency
• Reinforce a welcoming patient and visitor experience

The system combines advanced technology with security operations through proximity sensors, AI-powered FAQ responses, and voice activation to live security officer support. When integrated with your weapons detection system and visitor management system, telepresence officers receive real-time threat detection alerts.

Vision AR Security Alert Glasses

AthenaVision AR Alert Glasses provide hospital security personnel with instant, hands-free access to real-time threat notifications while maintaining full situational awareness. Designed for healthcare environments where rapid response and continuous visibility are critical, the system delivers discreet visual alerts directly within the wearer’s field of view, helping officers remain focused on patients, visitors, and surrounding activity without relying on tablets, radios, or mobile phones.

Key capabilities include:

• Hands-free access to real-time security alerts
• Discreet visual notifications within the officer’s field of view
• Improved situational awareness at screening checkpoints
• Faster response to potential threats and prohibited items
• Integration with weapons detection and X-ray screening platforms
• Reduced reliance on handheld devices and radios
• Enhanced operational efficiency for hospital security teams

By keeping security personnel connected while minimizing distractions, AthenaVision helps hospitals strengthen safety, improve response times, and support a more proactive healthcare security strategy.

A Layered Security Approach for Modern Hospitals

Together, Athena Security’s Apollo 500, Secondary Screening WDS, Hospital Visitor Management System, Ambulance Bay WDS, Telepresence Security Officer, and Vision AR Security Alert Glasses create a proactive, layered security strategy designed specifically for healthcare environments.

This approach helps hospitals:

• Improve staff safety
• Reduce workplace violence risks
• Strengthen visitor accountability
• Detect threats earlier
• Protect vulnerable entrances
• Maintain operational efficiency
• Preserve a welcoming patient experience

As hospitals continue to face evolving security challenges, proactive, layered security technologies are becoming essential components of safer healthcare environments.

Athena Security – On a Mission to Save Lives