ACIST CVi - Performing an Injection with the CVi System; Adjust Parameters Based on Physician Preference

5 Perform an Injection
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1. Select the injection type by pressing one of the four buttons in the
SELECT INJECTION box. e procedure mode (cardiac or peripheral) is
chosen during startup. See Select Injection on page 25.
• In cardiac procedure mode, press LCA, RCA, LV/AO, or OTHER.
• In peripheral procedure mode, press PIGTAIL, SELECTIVE, MICRO, or
OTHER.
2. (Optional) Press the INJECT MODE button at the bottom of the control
panel screen to toggle between xed rate mode and variable rate mode.
Fixed Variable
Pressing the contrast (C) button
on the hand controller causes
the CVi system to inject contrast
at the parameters on the control
panel.
Pressing the contrast (C) button
on the hand controller causes the
CVi system to inject contrast in
proportion to the pressure applied
to the contrast (C) button. e
parameters on the control panel
are maximum limits.
3. Press FLOW, VOLUME, PRESSURE, and RISE TIME on the control
panel to modify each parameter according to physician preference. See
Touchscreen Functions on page 24.
4. (Optional) Press INJECT DELAY and X-RAY DELAY on the control panel
to modify how the CVi system interacts with a connected X-ray imaging
system.
• Inject Delay – Delays the start of contrast injection by the specied
number of seconds.
• X-Ray Delay – Delays the operation of X-ray equipment by the
specied number of seconds aer an injection has begun.
• e Inject Delay and X-Ray Delay parameters are mutually exclusive.
Setting one of these parameters automatically sets the other to
0.0seconds.
Adjust
Parameters Based
on Physician
Preference
Perform an Injection