Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart

Intraoperative drive management
Start up the Ikus and set the parameters
6.2.2 Select the operating mode (“Operating mode” view)
“Operating mode” view
Instructions
1. In the operating room: Immediately restore the mains power supply.
2. Move the cursor to univentricular or biventricular, then confirm the desired operating
mode with .
3. During biventricular mode: You arrive at the view “Pump size and single-step mode”
(Section 6.2.3 on p. 34).
During univentricular mode, the connector seal test follows: The Ikus checks that the blue
marked driving tube connector is closed.
Univentricular mode: Connector seal test
Instructions
1. The message “Please close the right outlet” appears. Check the blue marked driving tube
connector. If the connector is open: Close it with the seal plug.
2. Move the cursor to OK, then confirm the message with . The Ikus checks that
the connector is actually closed. If this is the case, you arrive at the view “Pump size and
single-step mode”. Otherwise, the Ikus repeats the connector seal test.
Note
• The Ikus repeats the connector seal test up to three times. Then the system switches
itself off. Then contact Berlin Heart GmbH service.
6.2.3 Selecting the pump size
Instructions
1. In the popup menu, select the desired pump size with ↓,↑ .
2. During biventricular mode: Move the cursor with ← / → to the field “right pump”, then
select the desired pump size with ↓,↑ .
Popup menu for pump size selection
Note
• The selected size and rate of the right blood pump cannot be larger than the left pump.
The list of the pump sizes for the right pump is restricted accordingly.
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