Preventice Solutions BodyGuardian MINI User manual

Patient Instruction Manual
FULLY WATERPROOF
Featuring a waterproof monitor safe for showering, bathing, and
submerging in water as deep as 3 feet.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
General information
www.preventicesolutions.com/patients/body-guardian-mini
Return your monitor on: ------------ / ------------ / ------------
Preventice Services is not an emergency response service. Contact your doctor immediately if your symptoms worsen.
If you are experiencing a medical emergency, dial 911.
If you are receiving the monitor at home and require assistance, call Preventice Services at: 888.500.3522
Did you receive your monitor at home?
Patient benefit quotes
888-747-4760
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. CST, M-F
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Patient services
888.500.3522 (press 1, 1)
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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Returning your monitor
888.500.3522 (press 1, 5)
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. CST, M-F
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Billing assistance
888.747.4701
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CST, M-F
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For the manufacturer’s Instructions for Use, visit: www.preventicesolutions.com/docs/MINI-IFU.pdf

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INSURANCE INFORMATION
Our Notice of Privacy Practices is available for your review at: www.preventicesolutions.com
On behalf of your physician, you are being provided with a heart monitor from Preventice Services. This test will be
billed in two parts:
1. Your medical professional will bill your insurance for the in-office hook-up and the final reading of the test results.
2. Preventice Services will bill your insurance for the use of the monitor along with providing the physician with 24/7
monitoring center service and all requested data and reports.
Your insurance company will usually send you an Explanation Of Benefits (EOB) describing the amount paid and the
amount you owe Preventice. An EOB is not a bill.
Our goal is to help your physician diagnose your heart condition without delay or concerns about billing. We offer
patient-friendly payment options, including a discounted rate at the time of service or a reduced rate when your
insurance indicates a large fee payable by you for our services or the physician’s services.
All equipment is the sole property of Preventice Services. To avoid financial liability and to ensure that you do
not receive a bill for the value of the equipment in your possession (up to $2,400), please return the equipment
immediately after your service ends. Any request for an extension of your study beyond your prescribed study needs to
come from your physician through a new order sent to Preventice Services. Be aware that the second study may not be
covered by all insurance providers and you may be responsible for those charges.

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INTRODUCTION
Your physician has prescribed you the BodyGuardian Mini heart monitor and monitoring center service
provided by Preventice Services to detect irregular heart rhythms. You must wear the monitor for the
length of time your doctor has prescribed.
Welcome to
Remove BodyGuardian Mini as soon as your physician or qualified health care professional ends
your service.
Important
Once your prescription has ended, turn off the monitor by pressing and holding the center button
for 12 seconds. After 12 seconds, the monitor lights will flash, followed by a long beep. This
indicates that the monitor has powered off.
Any data or information transmitted or received by Preventice after your physician or qualified health
care professional has ended your service will not be processed, reviewed or analyzed by Preventice, and
Preventice shall have no liability for any such information or data.
When your study concludes
Caution: Federal law (USA) restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

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INTRODUCTION
Equipment
BodyGuardian Mini
monitor
Holter diary
Monitor charging cord
Bridge
ECG electrodes
Do not use your own personal
device chargers. Only use the
charger(s) provided to charge
Preventice devices.
(equipment may differ from pictured)

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GETTING STARTED
Prepare your skin
You can wear BodyGuardian Mini either vertically
or horizontally.
If hair is present, remove the hair where
you will place the monitor.
Use soap and water to clean the area.
Dry the area completely.
Do not apply lotions, oils, or perfumes.
Do not use alcohol wipes.
Do not abrade the skin.
Preferred (vertical)
Alternate (horizontal)
Decide which chest placement you will use before
you prepare your skin.
Snap the ECG electrodes to the Bridge
Press the ECG electrodes firmly onto the Bridge until you hear a snap.

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GETTING STARTED
Attach the monitor to the Bridge
Slide the monitor into the black molding on the
Bridge until the micro-USB connector on the Bridge
is inserted completely into the monitor.
Tips
• This is most easily accomplished on a flat
surface, like a table.
• To line up the micro-USB connector with the
port on the monitor, you may need to wiggle
the monitor slightly to align.
• To ensure a good connection, pinch together
with thumb and index finger:

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GETTING STARTED
Attach to your chest
1. Peel away backing from the
electrodes to expose the
adhesive.
2. Place on chest in one of the
placement locations
(pages 9-10).
3. Press firmly around the
surface of the electrode to
ensure adhesion to the skin.
Apply only to intact, clean skin. Do not apply over open wounds,
lesions, infected, or inflamed areas. If you have skin allergies or
hypersensitivities to adhesives, consult your doctor to select the
appropriate electrode option.

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GETTING STARTED
patient right patient left
Preferred placement (vertical)
Place the top of the Bridge just below the jugular notch, at the base of the neck at the intersection of the collar bone.
patient right patient left
Ensure the arrow at the top of the Bridge
on your chest is pointing up.
Attach to your chest

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GETTING STARTED
patient right patient left
Alternate placement (horizontal)
Place the right side of the Bridge near the center of the chest over the sternum.
patient right patient left
Ensure the arrow on the Bridge over your left chest, near your
left arm, is pointing up.

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GETTING STARTED
Turn on monitor
Press and release the center button on the monitor once.
If contact between the Bridge and your skin is satisfactory:
The monitor makes a quick series of three rising beeps and the green light blinks every 5 seconds.
You are successfully monitoring.
If contact between the Bridge and your skin is NOT satisfactory:
The monitor alerts you with two beeps every second. If this occurs:
1. Press and hold the center button on the monitor for 12 seconds. After 12 seconds, the monitor lights will
flash once, followed by a long beep. This indicates that the monitor has powered off.
2. Revisit the previous steps in this manual to ensure that:
• The monitor is securely attached to the Bridge (page 7).
• BodyGuardian Mini is properly placed and securely adhered to your chest (pages 8-10).
3. Power on the monitor by pressing and releasing the center button on the monitor once.
• If the monitor does not beep continuously, you are successfully monitoring.
• If the monitor beeps twice every second, remove the Bridge, use a new Bridge, and begin again on page 6.

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DAILY USAGE
Recording your symptoms
If you begin to feel symptoms related to the reason your
monitor was prescribed, such as dizziness, chest pain,
or shortness of breath, you can manually record these
events.
1. On the monitor, press and release the center button
once. The monitor makes a single beep on a successful
button push. Do not hold the button down.
2. In your Holter diary, write down the symptom date
and time.
3. Check the symptoms you are feeling.
4. Check the activity you were doing at the time you
felt the symptom.
Be sure to include your diary in the
box when you return your equipment
at the conclusion of your prescription.

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DAILY USAGE
• While charging, the blue light
on the monitor will blink.
• Once fully charged, the blue
light will remain solidly lit.
Charging time: 2-3 hours
Charging the monitor
When the monitor battery is low, the monitor alerts you with two beeps and blue blinks every 5 seconds.
If the low battery alert sounds, charge the monitor immediately.
1. Remove the Bridge and electrodes from your chest, then remove the monitor
from the Bridge.
2. Plug the charging cord into the monitor. Ensure the other end is plugged
into a wall outlet.
Do not use your own personal device chargers. Only use the
charger(s) provided to charge Preventice devices.
As soon as the monitor is fully charged, use new electrodes to re-apply
BodyGuardian Mini to your chest (see pages 6-11 for instructions).

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DAILY USAGE
If the monitor starts beeping during your monitoring session
2 beeps and 2 blue flashes every 5 seconds
Your monitor battery is low.
RESOLUTION
Charge the monitor immediately (page 13).
BodyGuardian Mini has not detected good contact with your skin for over 8 hours.
RESOLUTION
Revisit the previous steps in this manual to ensure that:
• The monitor is securely attached to the Bridge (page 7)
• BodyGuardian Mini is properly placed and securely adhered to your chest (pages 8-10).
• If the monitor continues to beep:
Remove the Bridge or ECG electrodes, use a new Bridge or ECG electrodes, and repeat the
setup steps beginning on page 6.
2 beeps and 2 red flashes every 5 seconds

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DAILY USAGE
Monitor indicators
Sounds Lights* What it means Caused by
none every 5 sec Monitoring successfully.
and none Symptom marked. Press-and-release button push.
and every 1 sec Poor skin contact. Monitor cannot detect good contact with skin to begin monitoring (p. 11).
and every 5 sec Poor skin contact. Monitor has not detected good contact with skin for over 8 hours. Replace
electrodes.
none and every 5 sec Poor skin contact.
Monitor cannot detect good contact with skin during already established
monitoring session. If this persists for 30 min or more, replace
electrodes.
and every 5 sec Monitor battery low. Low monitor battery. Charge the monitor (p. 13).
and Monitor powering on. Press-and-release button push.
and Monitor powering off. Press-and-hold (12-sec) button push.
After 12 seconds, the monitor lights will flash once, followed by a long beep.
*The monitor lights are faint. They can best be detected in a dark or dimly lit room.

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DAILY USAGE
Replacing the ECG electrodes
Change the ECG electrodes every 3 days OR when they no longer adhere to the skin.
Electrodes are disposable.
1. Remove the monitor and Bridge from your chest.
2. Slowly peel back and roll the adhesive on the back of the electrode away from your chest.
Tip: Dampen with water to ease removal from your skin or remove while in the shower.
3. Re-attach BodyGuardian Mini to your chest with new electrodes (see pages 8-10).
Do not rip or tear off the electrodes quickly. Improper removal may cause skin irritation.

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DAILY USAGE
Showering, bathing, swimming
BodyGuardian Mini is waterproof and can safely be submerged in water as deep as 3 feet.
• You do not need to remove BodyGuardian Mini when showering or bathing.
• If you will be swimming in water deeper than 3 feet, remove the monitor, Bridge and electrodes.
Air travel
BodyGuardian Mini is safe to wear while traveling on aircraft.
MRI
MRI
BodyGuardian Mini cannot be worn while undergoing an MRI. Remove the monitor, Bridge and electrodes.

RETURNING EQUIPMENT
Return your equipment immediately after your service ends
If you are returning your equipment to Preventice Services:
1. Place the powered-off monitor into the foam pouch provided, then into the
original postage-paid box. Then place the charging cord, Holter diary, any
unopened Bridges and ECG electrodes, and patient survey into the box.
2. Remove the adhesive strip from flap on the shipping box and seal securely.
The prepaid return label is already affixed to the bottom of the box.
3. Drop package off at the shipping carrier listed on the prepaid return label.
For assistance, call Preventice at 888.500.3522.
If you have lost or damaged the equipment, Preventice will mail you an invoice for the cost of the item.
If you are returning your equipment to your health care provider:
1. Follow the instructions provided by your health care provider.
Turn off the monitor by pressing and holding the center button until you hear 3 monotone beeps.

PATIENT SURVEY
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