109Surgical Implant and Explant of the HVAD® Pump
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Appendix
Reference
Guides
Alarms and
Emergencies
Patient
Management
Surgical
Implant and
Explant
Monitor
Peripherals
and
Accessories
HVAD
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PumpOverviewIntroduction
6.1 Preparing for Implantation (continued)
Battery Charger
1. Connect the battery charger power cable to an electrical outlet. Verify the power indicator is
lit next to “HeartWare”.
2. Verify availability of four fully charged batteries. If batteries are not fully charged, start
charging depleted batteries at least 5 hours before the HVAD
®
Pump implant procedure.
Monitor
1. Turn the monitor on. Connect the monitor data cable to the data port on the controller.
2. Press the HVAD
®
Pump Icon to access the System Screen and enter the password.
3. Press Setup tab to display Patient, VAD, Controller, and Monitor tabs.
4. Press the Monitor tab and enter monitor date and time.
For additional information about the monitor, see Section 5.0.
6.2 Programming HVAD
®
Controllers
Follow the steps below to program the back-up controller. This should be done before the
primary controller.
1. Press the Controller tab on the Setup Screen, and then press the ‘Disable “VAD Stop” Alarm’
button.
2. If not already done, connect the monitor data cable to the data port on the controller.
is connected, after 20 seconds a connect battery alarm will begin.
NOTE: Once powered, the controller performs a self-test and will display a temporary message
regarding the status of the self-test. If the controller fails the self-test, a [Controller Fault] alarm message
will appear. In that case replace the controller with the second controller.
3. Press Speed/Control tab and reduce the set speed to 1800 RPM.
4. Press Setup tab to display Patient, VAD, Controller, and Monitor tabs.
5. Press the Patient tab and enter the Patient ID and Implant Date.
6. Ensure the Hematocrit setting is 30%.
7. Press VAD tab and enter HVAD
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Pump serial number and verify that Suction Response is “Off”.
8. Press Controller tab and enter controller date and time.
9. Press the Alarm Settings tab to set the [Low Flow] alarm limit and [High Power]alarm limits.
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