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2 • Safety Instructions
80114-770_V23802
2021-01
Flammable detergents and disinfectants, flammable solvents in
adhesives used on the patient and on the device / equipment cart
Risk of fire and explosion to the patient and medical personnel! Risk
of damage to property.
Use products that are not flammable.
If the use of flammable products is unavoidable, proceed as fol-
lows:
Allow the products to evaporate completely before switching on
the device.
Check whether flammable liquids have accumulated under the
patient, in body recesses such as the navel, or in body cavities
such as the vagina. Remove any liquids before performing elec-
trosurgery.
Ignition of anesthetics, skin cleansers, and disinfectants in poten-
tially explosive atmospheres
If you place the device in a potentially explosive atmosphere, anes-
thetics, skin cleansers, and disinfectants can ignite.
Risk of fire and explosion to the patient and medical personnel! Risk
of damage to property.
Do not place the device in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Burns
Damaged device, damaged accessories, modified device, and
modified accessories
Risk of burns and injury to the patient and medical personnel! Risk of
damage to property.
Check the device and accessories for damage every time before
using them (e.g. footswitch, cords of instruments and the return
electrode, equipment cart).
You must not use damaged equipment or damaged accessories.
Replace defective accessories.
If the equipment or equipment cart is damaged, please contact
our customer service.
For your safety and that of the patient: Never attempt to perform
repairs or make modifications yourself. Any modification will in-
validate liability on the part of Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH.
HF leakage current flows through metal parts
The patient must not have contact with electrically conductive ob-
jects. That includes metal parts of the operating table, for example.
HF current can be discharged through points of contact accidentally
(HF leakage current).
Risk of burns to the patient!
Position the patient on dry, antistatic drapes.
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