Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart
Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart
Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart
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Securing the connections<br />
8.8 Securing the connections<br />
Changes:<br />
• The section has been supplemented.<br />
WARNING<br />
Secure each of the connections with 1 cable tie. Otherwise the<br />
connections may loosen and the patient may lose blood as a result.<br />
Visually inspect the cannulae and their connections.<br />
INSTRUCTION<br />
1. Pick up the tube connecting set.<br />
2. Secure each connection between<br />
the cannula or driveline and connector<br />
with a cable tie. To do so, position<br />
the cable tie precisely over the<br />
groove profile of the connector. See<br />
Fig. 16, page 18. IMPORTANT: position<br />
the head of the cable tie so that<br />
it is facing away from the patient's<br />
body.<br />
3. Tighten the cable tie with the tieband<br />
gun. IMPORTANT: observe<br />
section 8.8.<br />
4. Optional: secure the connection with<br />
a second cable tie. 2. Position the<br />
second cable tie above the first one.<br />
The heads of the cable ties must<br />
face in opposite directions and away<br />
from the patient's body. See Fig. 17,<br />
page 18.<br />
5. When using an EXCOR connecting<br />
set: finish by securing each of the<br />
connections with 1 cable tie, follow-<br />
Fig. 16 Correctly positioned cable tie<br />
ing the procedure described above.<br />
Fig. 17 Optional: second cable tie<br />
When using an EXCOR connecting set<br />
INSTRUCTION<br />
1. Finish by securing each of the connections with 1 cable tie, following the<br />
procedure described above.<br />
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