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▪ Advise paents to not carry earbuds or headphones in their breast pocket or near implant area, and to▪
not allow earbuds or headphones to drape around the paent's neck so they hang on the chest. These
devices may contain a magnet or magnec material, or may emit RF signals that can interfere with the
pulse generator and may cause the pulse generator to pace abnormally.
Preparaon for Implantaon
Package Label. Before opening the sterile package, carefully read the label and verify that the package
contains the desired device. Do not implant the pulse generator if:
▪ The package is damaged or wet.
▪
▪ The dot on the ethylene oxide label is purple. Purple indicates that the package has not been sterilized.
▪
▪ The Use Before Date on the outer box and the tray has been exceeded. The Use Before Date reects the
▪
minimum baery voltage required to support the calculated baery longevity shown in the programmer's
on‑screen help.
Verifying Operaon. To verify that the device is operang properly remove the magnet from the programmer
telemetry wand and establish communicaon:
▪ Inducve communicaon. Posion the
Merlin
™ PCS or
Merlin
™ 2 PCS telemetry wand over the package▪
and select Interrogate.
▪
RF communicaon. To establish RF communicaon between the device and the programmer and to
▪
troubleshoot communicaons problems, you must rst aach the Merlin antenna to the programmer.
Refer to the Merlin PCS or Merlin 2 PCS User's Manual that accompanies the programmer and the
Merlin antenna. Use the telemetry strength indicators to evaluate the communicaon.
If the device is RF‑compable, an icon in the upper le‑hand corner of the screen during the
programming session indicates the status of the RF communicaon link. If an RF icon does not appear on
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