Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart

Failure of the power supply or both control processors
Detecting and eliminating problems
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Instructions
1. The patient should be lying down.
2. Pull out the piston of the manual pump one half stroke length.
3. Remove the driving tube(s) from the Ikus. To do so, grab the plug by the ribbed plug
body and pull it out of the connector.
4. Connect the driving tube(s) to the manual pump. Important: Observe the colored
markings.
5. Check that each plug is firmly seated. To do so, pull the plug above the ribbed plug body.
Never pull on the tube!
6. Pump slowly and rhythmically at around 60 to 80 strokes per minute. Important: Move
the piston to its stop, because this is the only way to exert uniform and controlled
pressures.
7. Check by visual inspection whether the pump is filling and emptying completely.
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Manual pump
Note
• During biventricular mode: Blood pumps are driven asynchronously by the manual pump.
• Seal the connector(s) of the Ikus immediately after removing the driving tube.
12.6 Failure of the power supply or both control processors
In the event of the simultaneous failure of both control processors or the failure of the
power supply, the Ikus cannot generate a specific error message in the message window.
An acoustic signal sounds and the visual signal display on the grip lights up. In the
message window, the following message appears: “Error: no data from the control
processor” or “Error: no reaction from the control processor”.
The Ikus is working in emergency pulse mode (see Section 12.3, p. 79).
Instructions
1. Check the status of the patient.
2. Check the filling and emptying of the blood pump(s).
3. If possible: provide the patient with a replacement Ikus and switch off the malfunctioning
Ikus (see Section 12.4, p. 80).
4. Always do the following immediately:
Notify hotline! +49(0)30 8187 2772
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a Connector for blue marked driving tube
b Connector for red marked driving tube
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