Covidien ForceTriad Reference guide

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Monopolar Setup Instructions
Monopolar Surgery Setup
Avertissement: Risque du feu.
Remplacez les fusibles comme marqués.
250 V F8.0A (100-240)
Warning: Risk of Fire.
Replace Fuse as Marked.
250V, F8.0A (100-240)
ForceTriad Energy Platform
front panel
1
ForceTriad Energy Platform
rear panel
3
5
4
2

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Monopolar Setup Instructions
Monopolar Surgery Setup
Note: Please read the ForceTriad Energy Platform User’s Guide and all appropriate instructions for use before
using the ForceTriad Energy Platform or surgical accessories.
1. Plug the system power cord into the rear panel receptacle of the ForceTriad Energy Platform and into a grounded
power receptacle. (Do not use a power strip or extension cord.)
2. Turn on the ForceTriad Energy Platform and verify that the self-test is successfully completed. When the system is
operational, the touchscreen appears.
Note: Do not touch the screens during power up.
3. If using a footswitch, connect it to the monopolar footswitch receptacle on the rear panel. This may require an
adapter to connect a standard four-pin monopolar footswitch.
4. Apply the REM Polyhesive™Patient Return
Electrode to the patient and connect it to
the patient return electrode receptacle on
the front panel.
Confirm that the red REM indicator turns
from red to green.
5. Connect a monopolar instrument as
directed on the following pages. Patient return electrode connection
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Monopolar Setup Instructions
Standard Two-Button Electrosurgical Instruments
1. Connect the two-button instrument into either the Monopolar 1 or
Monopolar 2 instrument receptacle on the front panel of the energy platform.
Note: When attaching a monopolar instrument, align the instrument’s
connector pins with the three dots printed on the ForceTriad face plate below
the monopolar receptacles. Reversing the connector will limit the instrument’s
functionality and damage the connector.
Note: Each touchscreen controls the receptacle directly below the touchscreen
and can only control one instrument at a time. Do not plug in more than one
instrument under one touchscreen.
2. Confirm that the Standard Monopolar (Std Mono) tab appears in the
appropriate touchscreen.
3. Select the power output level by touching the green up and down arrows for either the Cut or Coag mode.
4. Select the surgical mode:
a. For the Cut mode, touch either the yellow Pure or yellow Blend button.
b. For the Coag mode, touch either the blue Fulgurate or blue Spray button.
Note: If no surgical mode is selected, the Cut mode defaults to Pure and the Coag mode defaults to Fulgurate.
Std Mono Valleylab Acc. Port
Cut
11
REM
Pure
Blend
Coag
Spray
Fulg
Monopolar touchscreen –
standard configuration
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Monopolar Setup Instructions
Valleylab Mode-Enabled Electrosurgical Devices
1. Connect the Valleylab™mode-enabled device into either the Monopolar 1
or Monopolar 2 instrument receptacle on the front panel of the energy
platform.
Note: Each touchscreen controls the receptacle directly below the
touchscreen and can only control one instrument at a time. Do not plug in
more than one instrument under one touchscreen.
2. Confirm that the Valleylab tab appears in the appropriate touchscreen.
Note: When a Valleylab mode-enabled device is connected, the system
selects the default power zone setting for the recognized instrument.
3. Adjust the power zone setting by touching the desired gold bar.
4. While in the sterile field, move the slider control on the device to adjust power output within the selected power
zone.
Note: The Cut function can be disabled by pressing the Cut power display.
Monopolar touchscreen –
Valleylab configuration
Std Mono Valleylab Acc. Port
REM
15
Coag
V
15
Cut
15
1
2
3
4
5
Manual
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