Strato X User Manual - Image Works

USER'S MANUAL
General instructions for use
6.4.3 How to prepare the patient
1. Ask the patient to remove all metallic objects located in the area to be
X-rayed (necklaces, earrings, glasses, hairpins, movable dental
prosthesis, etc.). Ensure that there no thick garments in the area to
be X-rayed such as coats, jackets, ties, etc.
2. Provide the patient with a protective apron or similar protection.
Ensure that the protection device does not interfere with the path of
the X-rays beam.
3. Place the patient in a standing position at the chin support. Using
"27+28" keys (up) or "29+28" (down)
raise/lower the column until the chin support rest is aligned with the
patient's chin.
4. Position the patient at temple support "4" (Figure 12), resting the
chin on the support base "1". The hands should rest on the front
handles. Ask the patient to bite the reference notch of bite "3" on rod
"2" (Figure 12) with his incisors. In case of edentulous patients,
he/her must rest the chin against the reference shoulder of the
edentulous chin support.
5. Instruct the patient to close the eyes.
6. Press button "20" to switch ON the laser centering device.
Three laser beams will light up the mid-sagittal plane line "45", the
horizontal line for the Frankfurt plane reference "46" (the plane that
identifies a line that ideally links the ear hole - the auditory meatus -
with the lower part of the orbital fossa in Figure 13) and the canine
plane line "47" (Figure 13). Position the patient's head in such a way
as to ensure that the luminous beams fall in correspondence of the
respective anatomical references; if it is necessary to adjust the
position of the canine laser beam, the rotating arm can be positioned
using the key "22" or key "25" , until a perfect
alignment of the canine centering device "47" (Figure 13) with the
canine tooth is obtained. If the keys are kept pressed the speed of the
canine laser beam movement is increased.
The luminous beam of the Frankfurt plane can be adjusted according
to the height of the patient. This adjustment is made using knob
"5" (Figure 12) located on the side of the tubehead.
STRATO X (120V) 44
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