Andante Medical Devices SmartStep Clinic User manual

SmartStep™ Clinic
User’s Manual
Andante Medical Devices Ltd
© Andante Medical Devices Ltd
http://www.andante.co.il

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Manual or the Product. You are prohibited from, and shall not, directly or indirectly,
develop, market, distribute, license, or sell any product that supports substantially
similar functionality as the Product, based on or derived in any way from the Product.
All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and/or
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About this Document
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About this Document
This document describes the SmartStep™ insole, Control Unit, and software, used for
the assessment and training of walking pathologies. The document is intended for
therapists treating patients with walking pathologies.
Chapters and Contents
1 Introduction SmartStep™ functions and usage. Pg. 18
2 System Description SmartStep™ kit contents and system components. Pg. 19
3 Installation How to install the SmartStep™ software. Pg. 24
4 Preparing a Session How to prepare patient, hardware components and
SmartStep™ software for a session. Pg. 48
5 Starting a Session How to begin a session, connect to the Bluetooth USB
adapter, and perform calibration. Pg. 53
6 Online Work How to define an online session. Pg. 62
7 Offline Work How to define an offline session and download data to the
computer. Pg. 68
8 Tracking the
Rehabilitation Progress How to open saved sessions, understand and compare session statistics, and manipulate session charts. Pg. 73
9 Turning the Control Unit
Off How to turn the Control Unit off. Pg. 89
10 Maintenance and
Administration How to create users, change passwords, recharge batteries, change insoles, and keep SmartStep™ clean. Pg. 90
11 Troubleshooting How to deal with various operating problems. Pg. 93
Style Conventions
Convention Used for
Verdana Regular text.
Arial Bold Names of menus, commands, buttons, and other elements of the user interface.
Arial Italics Special terms, the first time they appear.
Monospace Text entered by a user, values of parameters, and usage examples.
Notes, which offer an additional explanation or a hint on how to overcome a common
problem.

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Warnings, which indicate potentially damaging user operations and explain how to
avoid them.

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
LEGAL NOTICE...........................................................................................2
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT............................................................................3
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................5
INTENDED USE ..........................................................................................8
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ……………………………………………………………... 9
WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS........................................11
LIMITATIONS .......................................................................................... 11
WARNING AND PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................... 12
CLASSIFICATION.....................................................................................15
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE .....................................................................16
CARE AND MAINTENANCE........................................................................17
1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................18
1.1 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ..................................................................... 18
1.2 TRAINING ...................................................................................... 18
1.3 REHABILITATION TRACKING.................................................................. 18
1.4 USING SMARTSTEP™IN ONLINE AND OFFLINE MODE.................................... 18
2SYSTEM DESCRIPTION.......................................................................19
2.1 SMARTSTEP™KIT CONTENTS ............................................................... 19
2.2 SMARTSTEP™COMPONENTS ................................................................ 20
2.2.1 Insole................................................................................ 20
2.2.2 Control Unit........................................................................ 21
2.2.3 SmartStep™ Software.......................................................... 23
2.2.4 Manual Pump...................................................................... 23
3INSTALLATION ..................................................................................24
3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS...................................................................... 24
3.2 SMARTSTEP SOFTWARE INSTALLATION..................................................... 24
3.3 BLUETOOTH USB ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION....................................... 28
3.4 CONFIGURE SMARTSTEP™FOR BLUETOOTH USAGE ...................................... 46
4PREPARING A SESSION ........................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
4.1 CHECK AIR PRESSURE -INFLATE THE INSOLE IF NECESSARY.ERROR!BOOKMARK NOT