Empi EPIX VT - Channel Output Jacks; ON;OFF and Battery Status Indicator Lights; Descriptive Pain Scale

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User

Information

Channel

Output

Jacks

Intensity

Controls

There

are

two

Safety

Jacks

labeled

“1”

and

“2”

(Figure

1).

These

jacks

allow

lead

wires

to

be

connected

to

the

TENS

device.

Channels

1

and

2

operate

independently.

ON/OFF

and

Battery

Status

Indicator

Lights

The

ON/OFF

Indicator

Lights

indicate

that

the

device

is

operational.

The

intensity

and

rate

of

flash

changes

with

the

output

intensity

and

rate.

As

the

intensity

of

the

stimulation

is

increased,

the

intensity

of

the

light

also

increases.

(Above

40

pps

the

light

will

appear

to

be

on

continuously.)

These

lights

also

indicate

that

the

battery

voltage

is

low.

The

status

lights

will

flash

at

a

different

pace

if

the

battery

voltage

is

at

or

below

7.0

volts.

The

device

will

automatically

shut

off

if

the

battery

voltage

falls

to

5.4

volts.

When

the

battery

status

light

pattern

begins,

it

is

recommended

that

the

battery

be

changed

as

soon

as

possible.

Descriptive

Pain

Scale

The

Epix

VT

device

offers

a

Descriptive

Pain

Scale

for

determining

the

patient’s

perceived

level

of

pain

before

and

following

the

TENS

application.

The

device

is

turned

on

by

depressing

the

description

that

best

represents

the

patient’s

pain.

To

turn

the

device

off,

the

level

of

pain

at

that

time

is

selected

and

depressed.

Epix

VT

amplitude

is

adjustable

from

0-60

milliamperes.

The

intensity

(amplitude

and

pulse

duration)

of

the

stimulation

available

through

each

of

the

lead

wires

attached

to

either

or

both

of

the

channels

is

controlled

by

the

push

buttons

on

the

control

panel

(see

Figure

1).

Depressing

the

up-arrow

button

increases

the

intensity

of

the

stimulation.

When

increasing

intensity,output

will

be

delivered

continuously.

Decreasing

the

intensity

level

is

done

by

depressing

the

down-arrow.

Increasing

or

decreasing

intensity

adjusts

amplitude

and

pulse

duration

simultaneously.

Note:

THE

INTENSITY

CONTROLS

DO

NOT

TURN

THE

DEVICE

ON

AND

OFF.

THIS

IS

ACCOMPLISHED

BY

DEPRESSING

ONE

OF

THE

PAIN

LEVELS

INDICATED

ON

THE

PAIN

SCALE.

INTENSITY

WILL

BE

RESET

TO

ZERO

EACH

TIME

THE

DEVICE

IS

TURNED

OFF.

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