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Direction for use of Thoracoscopic HF Electrodes and instruments

adaptor and joints must be treated with an When using electrical cardiograms (ECG)
appropriate paraffin oil based preservative. the following points must be observed.
• Connect neutral ECG cable to the neutral
Warning! The rotation adapter and sliding HF electrode.
surface of the piston must be greased with
our special care lubricant. (Art. No. 26905- • The distance between active HF electrode
and ECG electrodes must be at least 150
00)
mm.
• Do not use ECG needle electrodes.
5.0 Assembly and • All ECG electrodes must have HF choke
inspection or protective circuitry.
Cardiac Pacemaker:
The valve is to be put back together and test-
ed in the same way as described in 3.2. • Cardiac pacemakers could be damaged
by HF power.
6.0 Maintenance • Before using please consult a
cardiologist.
• Never make ambulant operations on
Should any serious damage to the coating patients with cardiac pacemakers.
appear on any part of the valve please send
the valve to us for repair.

7.0 Hints for avoiding of
mistakes
• Be sure that the power paths between
neutral electrode and MICTEC HF
instruments are as short as possible.
• The power path must not cross through
the body and absolutely never across the
thorax.
• The HF cable and the HF instrument must
not be allowed to lay directly on the patient’s
skin, as this could lead to burns caused by
capacitive currents.
• The HF cable must not be allowed to
coil or lay in a coil as this could result in
dangerous inductive currents.
• Completely insulate the patient from any
contact with any other conductive surfaces.
• Ground the operation table!
• Avoid skin-to-skin contacts on arms and
legs of the patient, for example by wrapping
in dry gauze.
• Switch on HF power only when the HF
instrument is in contact with the tissue that is
to be coagulated.
• The tissue to be coagulated must not
be in touch with any part of other tissue
surfaces, since it could lead to unwanted
coagulations.
• Cord or band shaped tissue parts may be
coagulated only at the thinnest part.
• The coagulating HF instrument tip must
be at least 10 mm from other surgical
instruments.
• When using gas, for example insufflation
gas, make sure that only non-inflammable
gas is used, otherwise explosions and
oxygen burns could result.
• The size of the neutral electrode must be
appropriate for the power of the HF used, as
it could lead to burns on the wrong place.
8.0 Interactions with other
apparatus

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