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6 • Working with the electrosurgical unit
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Fig. 6-1
1. Connect your bipolar instrument to the bipolar socket (top unit socket).
2. Connect your monopolar instrument to the monopolar socket (middle unit socket).
Connect neutral electrode
You always need a neutral electrode if you use a monopolar instrument.
You can connect a single surface or dual surface neutral electrode.
To optimally utilize the unit's monitoring functions, Erbe recommends connecting a
dual surface electrode, and in particular the Erbe NESSY Omega electrode. Apart from
many other advantages, this electrode virtually eliminates any possibility of excessive
heating of the tissue and skin at the edges of the electrode.
Mix-up of sockets on monopolar socket modules 20140-622,
20140-623
If the sockets are mixed up, the unit will be damaged.
If you use a connecting cable with a monopolar 4 mm dia. con-
nector, you may only plug the connector into the socket with the
blue ring. The correct socket is marked with an arrow on the il-
lustration.
Non-compatible or single surface neutral electrode
When applying a non-compatible neutral electrode, it should be ex-
pected that monitoring the contact between neutral electrode and
skin is faulty.
When applying a single surface neutral electrode, the contact be-
tween neutral electrode and skin is not monitored. If contact be-
tween neutral electrode and skin is inadequate, the unit does not
emit any visual and acoustic signal.
Risk of burns for the patient under the neutral electrode!
Check in the accompanying papers of the manufacturer whether
the neutral electrode is suitable for the VIO unit used.
Use only suitable neutral electrodes.
When applying a single surface neutral electrode: Regularly
check the neutral electrode for good skin contact.
Check in the accompanying papers of the manufacturer whether
the neutral electrode cable is suitable for the neutral electrode
used.
Use only suitable neutral electrode cables.
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